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Imad al-Din Zengi

Imad al-Din Zengi

1087 –September 14, 1146

Military leader, Sovereign

Lived 59 years

Born in
Aleppo
Passed away in
Qal'at Ja'bar

Al-Malik al-Mansur Abu al-Mudhaffar Imad al-Din Zengi bin Aq Sunqur al-Hajib bin Abdullah (Arabic: المَلِكُ المَنْصُور أَبُو المُظَفَّرِ عِمَادُ اَلدِّينِ زَنْكِي بْنُ آقِ سَنقَر الحَاجِب بْنِ عَبْدِ الله ; c. 1084/88 – 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.

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imad_al-Din_Zengi