Nur ad-Din Zangi

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Nur ad-Din Zangi was a 12th-century Muslim ruler of Syria and a leading champion of the jihad against the Crusader states, known for his military successes and administrative reforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Atabeg
Muslim ruler
Sunni Muslim
historical figure
military leader
ruler of Syria
birthYear 1118
capitalCity Aleppo
Damascus
capturedCity Damascus
Edessa
contemporary Saladin
deathCause illness
deathDate 15 May 1174
deathPlace Damascus
deathYear 1174
denomination Sunni
linked to: Sunni Islam
dynasty Zengid dynasty
father Imad al-Din Zengi
fullName Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Zangī
linked to: Nur ad-Din Zangi
givenName Maḥmūd
linked to: Mahmud
historicalPeriod 12th century
honorificTitle Nūr al-Dīn
linked to: Nur ad-Din Zangi
influenced Saladin
knownFor administrative reforms
leading jihad against Crusader states
military campaigns against the Crusaders
patronage of madrasas
promotion of Sunni orthodoxy
public works in Damascus and Aleppo
language Arabic
mainTitle Atabeg of Aleppo
Ruler of Damascus
notableBattle Battle of Inab
Battle of al-Buqaia
opponent County of Edessa
Crusader states
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Principality of Antioch
patronage construction of hospitals
construction of madrasas
construction of mosques
policy unification of Muslim lands in Syria and Iraq
region Levant
linked to: Levant region

Syria
reignEnd 1174
reignStart 1146
religion Islam
ruledTerritory Aleppo
Damascus
northern Mesopotamia
parts of Syria
successor As-Salih Ismail al-Malik

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Citadel of Damascus rebuiltBy Nur ad-Din Zangi
Saladin servedUnder Nur ad-Din Zengi
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Second Crusade opponent Zengi
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Second Crusade opponent Nur ad-Din
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Zengid dynasty notableRuler Nur ad-Din Zengi
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Raymond of Poitiers opponent Nur ad-Din Zangi
Jami honorificName Nūr al-Dīn
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Bohemond III of Antioch capturedBy Nur ad-Din Zengi
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al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh contemporaryOf Nur ad-Din Zengi
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Great Mosque of Aleppo rebuiltBy Nūr al-Dīn Zangī
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Nur ad-Din Zangi fullName Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Zangī
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Nur ad-Din Zangi honorificTitle Nūr al-Dīn
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Al-Nuri Mosque site namedAfter Nur ad-Din Zangi
Al-Nuri Mosque site founder Nur ad-Din Zangi
Siege of Damascus (1148) belligerent Nur ad-Din
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Siege of Damascus (1148) commander Nur ad-Din
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Siege of Damascus (1148) relatedTo Zengi
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Siege of Damascus (1148) relatedTo Nur ad-Din
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