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 Islam
surface form: Sunni
dynasty Zengid dynasty
father Imad al-Din Zengi
fullName Nur ad-Din Zangi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Zangī
givenName Mahmud
surface form: Maḥmūd
historicalPeriod 12th century
honorificTitle Nur ad-Din Zangi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nūr al-Dīn
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 region
surface form: Levant

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 Zangi
this entity surface form: Nur ad-Din Zengi
Second Crusade opponent Nur ad-Din Zangi
this entity surface form: Zengi
Second Crusade opponent Nur ad-Din Zangi
this entity surface form: Nur ad-Din
Zengid dynasty notableRuler Nur ad-Din Zangi
this entity surface form: Nur ad-Din Zengi
Raymond of Poitiers opponent Nur ad-Din Zangi
Jami honorificName Nur ad-Din Zangi
this entity surface form: Nūr al-Dīn
Bohemond III of Antioch capturedBy Nur ad-Din Zangi
this entity surface form: Nur ad-Din Zengi
al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh contemporaryOf Nur ad-Din Zangi
this entity surface form: Nur ad-Din Zengi
Great Mosque of Aleppo rebuiltBy Nur ad-Din Zangi
this entity surface form: Nūr al-Dīn Zangī
Nur ad-Din Zangi fullName Nur ad-Din Zangi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Zangī
Nur ad-Din Zangi honorificTitle Nur ad-Din Zangi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nūr al-Dīn
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 Zangi
this entity surface form: Nur ad-Din
Siege of Damascus (1148) commander Nur ad-Din Zangi
this entity surface form: Nur ad-Din
Siege of Damascus (1148) relatedTo Nur ad-Din Zangi
this entity surface form: Zengi
Siege of Damascus (1148) relatedTo Nur ad-Din Zangi
this entity surface form: Nur ad-Din