Izz al-Din Mas'ud II

Izz al-Din Mas'ud II (r.1211–1218) was the son and successor of Nur al-Din Arslan Shah I, as Zengid dynasty ruler of the Mosul region in modern Iraq. He was only ten years old when he ascended the throne, and because of that was put under the control of a regent or atabeg by his dying father, in the person of one of his trusted mamluks, Badr al-Dīn Lū'lū'.^[2]

Coinage of Izz al-Din Mas’ud II (ruled 1211-1218 CE). al-Mawsil (Mosul) mint. Dated AH 607 (1211 CE). Obverse: Diademed and draped classical-style male bust left; rudimentary star to left of shoulder; mint name and AH date around. Reverse: Shahada and names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and ‘Izz al-Din Mas’ud in six lines across field; name and title of Ayyubid overlord al-Adil Abu Bakr in external voids.^[1]

Throughout his reign, effective power was held by Badr al-Dīn Lū'lū'.^[3]

He had two young sons Nur al-Din Arslan Shah II, and Nasir ad-Din Mahmud, who were also put under the atabegship of Badr al-Din Lu'lu'.^[4]

References

1. S&S Type 65.1.
2. Patton, Douglas (1991). "Badr al-Dīn Lu'lu' and the Establishment of a mamluk Government in Mosul". Studia Islamica (74): 81. doi:10.2307/1595898. ISSN 0585-5292.
3. Rice, D. S. (1953). "The Aghānī Miniatures and Religious Painting in Islam". The Burlington Magazine. 95 (601): 130. ISSN 0007-6287.
4. Bosworth 1996, pp. 190–191, (Excerpt:) "1. The main line in Mosul and Aleppo:

   • 521/1127 Zangi I b. Qasim al-Dawla Aq Sunqur, 'Imad al-Din
   • 541/1146 Ghazi I b. Zangi I, Sayf al-Din
   • 544/1149 Mawdud b. Zangi I, Qutb al-Din
   • 565/1170 Ghazi II b. Mawdud, Sayf al-Dln
   • 576/1180 Mas'ud I b. Mawdud, 'Izz al-Dln
   • 589/1193 Arslan Shah I b. Mas'ud, Abu ’1-Harith Nur al-Dln
   • 607/1211 Mas'ud II b. Arslan Shah, al-Malik al-Qahir 'Izz al-Dln
   • 615/1218 Arslan Shah II b. Mas'ud II, Nur al-Dln
   • 616/1219 Mahmud b. Mas'ud II, al-Malik al-Qahir Nasir al-Dln
   • 631/1234 Rule in Mosul by the vizier Badr al-Din Lu’lu ’"

Sources

• Bosworth, C.E. (1996). The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. New York: Columbia University Press.
• Canby, Sheila R.; Beyazit, Deniz; Rugiadi, Martina; Peacock, A. C. S. (27 April 2016). Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 60, item 10. ISBN 978-1-58839-589-4.

See also

• Zengid dynasty

Regnal titles
Preceded by Nur al-Din Arslan Shah I	Emir of Mossul 1211–1218	Succeeded by Nur al-Din Arslan Shah II