Imad al-Din Zengi
Imad al-Din Zengi (Arabic: عماد الدین زنكي; c. 1085 – 14 September 1146), also romanized as Zangi, Zengui, Zenki, and Zanki, was a Turkoman atabeg of the Seljuk Empire, who ruled Mosul, Aleppo, Hama, and, later, Edessa. He was the namesake and founder of the Zengid dynasty of atabegs.
| Imad al-Din Zengi | |||||
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| Atabeg of Mosul, Aleppo, Hama and Edessa, Mesopotamia | |||||
Ruler in Turkic military dress: long braids, sharbush fur hat, boots, close-fitting coat. Maqamat by Al-Hariri of Basra (1054–1122), a high government official of the Seljuks. Mesopotamia, possibly Baghdad, 1237 copy. | |||||
| Atabeg of Zengid dynasty | |||||
| Reign | 1124-1127: Seljuk Governor of Wasit and Basra 1126-1127: Seljuk Shihna, Governor of Iraq | ||||
| Coronation | 1127, Mosul | ||||
| Successor | Nur ad-Din Zengi (in Aleppo) Sayf al-Din Ghazi I (in Mosul) | ||||
| Born | 1085 | ||||
| Died | September 14, 1146 (aged 61) Qal'at Ja'bar, Syria | ||||
| Spouse | Zumurrud Khatun Sukmana Khatun Safiya Khatun | ||||
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| Dynasty | Zengid dynasty | ||||
| Father | Aq Sunqur al-Hajib | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
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