Zengid dynasty
Zengid State الدولة الزنكية، ظانغى دولتى | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1127–1250 | |||||||||||||||||||
The Zengid state under Imad al-Din in 1145, and expansion under Nur al-Din in 1174 CE. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Atabegate of the Seljuk Empire (1127–1194) Emirate (1194–1250) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Mosul (until 1154) Damascus (from 1154) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Oghuz Turkic (Ruling dynasty, military oligarchy) Arabic, Persian (numismatics)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam Shia Islam (minority) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1118–1157 | Ahmad Sanjar | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1176–1194 | Toghrul III | ||||||||||||||||||
| Emir | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1127–1146 | Imad ad-Din Zengi (first) | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1241–1250 | Mahmud Al-Malik Al-Zahir (last reported) | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 1127 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1250 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Dinar | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Zengid or Zangid dynasty, also known as the Atabegate of Mosul, Aleppo and Damascus was initially an Atabegate of the Seljuk Empire created in 1127.[2] It formed a Turkoman dynasty of Sunni Muslim faith, which ruled parts of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia. Imad ad-Din Zengi was the first ruler of the dynasty.[3]
References
- ↑ Canby et al. 2016, p. 69.
- ↑ Ayalon, David (1999). Eunuchs, Caliphs and Sultans: A Study in Power Relationships. Hebrew University Magnes 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. ISBN 978-1-58839-589-4.