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Sunni Islam. Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī ( نور الدين محمود زنگي; February 1118 – 15 May 1174), commonly known as Nur ad-Din (lit. 'Light of the Faith' in Arabic), was a member of the Zengid dynasty, who ruled the Syrian province ( Shām) of the Seljuk Empire. He reigned from 1146 to 1174.
May 11, 2024 · Nūr al-Dīn (born February 1118—died May 15, 1174, Damascus [Syria]) was a Muslim ruler who reorganized the armies of Syria and laid the foundations for the success of Saladin.
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Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī (نور الدين محمود زنگي; February 1118 – 15 May 1174), commonly known as Nur ad-Din (lit. "Light of the Faith" in Arabic), was a member of the Zengid dynasty, which ruled the Syrian province (Shām) of the Seljuk Empire. He reigned from 1146 to 1174.
Nur ad-Din died in 1174 at the age of 56. Nur ad-Din, a member of the Zengid dynasty, was the Emir of Aleppo and Damascus from 1146 to 1174. He played an important role in the Second Crusade and sought to form alliances with his Muslim neighbours against Crusader enemies.
The first assault landed on Antioch’s northern frontier around Marash and Kesoun. 21 Sultan Mas‘ud then pushed on into Edessa’s northern marches. 22 By 1149 Edessa remained a powerful adversary and notably in 1148 Nur al-Din had still felt it necessary to make a treaty with Joscelin II before staging an attack on Antioch. 23 In addition ...
Jan 13, 2020 · First Nur ad-Din and then Amalric died in 1174 CE, and it was from that point that the man who vanquished the Crusader field army in 1187 CE (Battle of Hattin) would rise from a second-in-command to one of the strongest rulers of his time.
Nur al-Din Mahmud, the son of Imad al-Din Zangi, Atabeg of Mawsil and Aleppo, upon his father’s death in 1146, having taken his father’s land in Syria under his control, became the most dangerous Muslim enemy of the Crusaders thereabouts. Nur al-Din Mahmud extending his dominance up to Egypt ensnared the Crusaders from both East and West.
