Atabeg of Aleppo

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Atabeg of Aleppo was the dynastic title held by the Zengid rulers of Aleppo in the 12th century, notably Nur ad-Din Zangi, who governed the city and its territories as powerful Turkish-Muslim princes during the Crusades.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Atabeg of Aleppo canonical 2
Ridwan of Aleppo 2
Zengid princes of Aleppo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dynastic title ⓘ
medieval title ⓘ
appliesTo Aleppo ⓘ
associatedDynasty Zengids ⓘ
linked to: Zengid dynasty
associatedWithConflict Crusader–Muslim conflicts in the Levant ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Crusades ⓘ
associatedWithPolity Zengid emirate of Aleppo ⓘ
countryInPresentDay Syria ⓘ
cultureOfHolders Turkish ⓘ
function guardianship and tutelage over Seljuk princes ⓘ
governanceType military and administrative rule ⓘ
governedTerritory Aleppo ⓘ
northern Syrian hinterland ⓘ
governmentForm military principality ⓘ
historicalContext Islamic–Crusader frontier in Syria ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Arabic ⓘ
languageOfTitle Turkic ⓘ
militaryRole leadership in jihad against Crusaders ⓘ
notableEra reign of Nur ad-Din Zangi ⓘ
linked to: Nur ad-Din Zangi
notableHolder Imad al-Din Zengi ⓘ
Nur ad-Din Zangi ⓘ
Zengid princes of Aleppo ⓘ
linked to: Atabeg of Aleppo
opposed Crusader states in the Levant ⓘ
linked to: Crusader states
partOf Zengid domains ⓘ
politicalRole governor of Aleppo and its territories ⓘ
ruler of Aleppo ⓘ
politicalStatus hereditary title ⓘ
princely title ⓘ
powerBase Aleppo and surrounding territories ⓘ
predecessorPolity Seljuk control of Aleppo ⓘ
region Aleppo ⓘ
northern Syria ⓘ
religionOfHolders Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousAffiliationOfDynasty Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousPolicy Sunni orthodoxy promotion ⓘ
seatOfPower citadel of Aleppo ⓘ
linked to: Citadel of Aleppo
successorPolity Ayyubid control of Aleppo ⓘ
timePeriod 12th century ⓘ
Crusades ⓘ
titleCategory Islamic honorific title ⓘ
Turkic military title ⓘ
titleHoldersEthnicity Turkic ⓘ
titleHoldersReligion Sunni Muslim ⓘ
typeOfGovernment princely atabegate ⓘ
usedByDynasty Zengid dynasty ⓘ
usedByRuler Imad al-Din Zengi ⓘ
Nur ad-Din Zangi ⓘ
Zengid rulers of Aleppo ⓘ
linked to: Atabeg of Aleppo

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nur ad-Din Zangi → mainTitle → Atabeg of Aleppo ⓘ
Imad al-Din Zengi → positionHeld → Atabeg of Aleppo ⓘ
Yaghi-Siyan → alliedWith → Ridwan of Aleppo ⓘ
linked to: Atabeg of Aleppo
Najm ad-Din Ilghazi ibn Artuq → servedUnder → Ridwan of Aleppo ⓘ
linked to: Atabeg of Aleppo
Atabeg of Aleppo → usedByRuler → Zengid rulers of Aleppo ⓘ
linked to: Atabeg of Aleppo
Atabeg of Aleppo → notableHolder → Zengid princes of Aleppo ⓘ
linked to: Atabeg of Aleppo