-
Yemen and the
Hejaz were
added to the
state of the
Zengids. The
Artuqids became v****als of the
Zengids. Nur ad-Din also took
control of
Anatolian lands...
- the
animosity of
other Zengid lords, who were the
official rulers of Syria's prin****lities; he
subsequently defeated the
Zengids at the
Battle of the Horns...
-
where he held the
Zengids of
Mosul at bay. In 1193, Mas'ud of
Mosul joined forces with
Zangi II of
Sinjar and
together the
Zengid coalition moved to...
-
victory over the
Zengids,
which left
Saladin in
control of Damascus, Baalbek, and Homs. Gökböri
commanded the
right wing of the
Zengid army,
which broke...
-
Though he
married into the
Ayyubid dynasty, two of his
daughters married Zengids.
Later in his
reign he used
alliance with al-Muazzam of
Damascus as a counterbalance...
- Aleppo, Hama, and, later, Edessa. He was the
namesake and
founder of the
Zengid dynasty of atabegs. Zengi's father, Aq
Sunqur al-Hajib,
governor of Aleppo...
- ad-Din (lit. 'Light of the Faith' in Arabic), was a
Turkoman member of the
Zengid dynasty, who
ruled the
Syrian province (Shām) of the
Seljuk Empire. He reigned...
-
proclaiming himself to be Ismail's true regent. In 1176,
Saladin defeated the
Zengids outside the city,
married Ismat ad-Din Khatun, and was
recognized as ruler...
- the
chief threat to the
Crusaders from the east and
north became the
Zengids. The
conflict was
generally fought between European Crusaders and the Seljuk...
- truce,
worrying Baldwin and his advisers. He
proceeded north to
fight the
Zengids,
thereby expanding his realm,
while Baldwin led an
attack on Saladin's...
