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Imad al-Din Zengi
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Imad al-Din Zengi (Arabic: عماد الدین زنكي; c. 1085 – 14 September 1146), also romanized as Zangi, Zengui, Zenki, and Zanki, was a Turkoman atabeg of the Seljuk Empire,[3] who ruled Mosul, Aleppo, Hama, and, later, Edessa. He was the namesake and founder of the Zengid dynasty of atabegs.
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Atabeg of Mosul, Aleppo, Hama and Edessa, Mesopotamia | |||||
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Atabeg of Zengid dynasty | |||||
Reign | 1124-1127: Seljuk Governor of Wasit and Basra 1126-1127: Seljuk Shihna, Governor of Iraq | ||||
Coronation | 1127, Mosul | ||||
Successor | Nur ad-Din Zengi (in Aleppo) Sayf al-Din Ghazi I (in Mosul) | ||||
Born | 1085 | ||||
Died | September 14, 1146 (aged 61) Qal'at Ja'bar, Syria | ||||
Spouse | Zumurrud Khatun[2] Sukmana Khatun[2] Safiya Khatun[2] | ||||
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Dynasty | Zengid dynasty | ||||
Father | Aq Sunqur al-Hajib | ||||
Religion | Islam | ||||
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