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Nur ad-Din
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Emir of Aleppo (1146–1174) and Damascus (1154–1174)
Key facts
- Reign
- 1146 – 15 May 1174
- Predecessor
- Imad ad-Din Zengi
- Successor
- As-Salih Ismail al-Malik
- Born
- 1118, Aleppo
- Died
- 15 May 1174 (aged 55-56), Damascus , Seljuk Empire
- Burial
- Nur al-Din Madrasa , Damascus, Syria
- Spouse
- Ismat ad-Din Khatun
- Issue
- As-Salih Ismail al-Malik
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mahmud
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Mosul
- Place of death
- Damascus
- Spouse
- Ismat ad-Din Khatun
- Father
- Imad ad-Din Zengi
- Sibling
- Qutb ad-Din Mawdud
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Atabeg
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Family
- Zengid dynasty
- Image
- Nur ad-Din Zangi2.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1118-02-11
- date of death
- 1174-05-15
- Commons category
- Nur ad-Din Zangi
- place of burial
- Nur al-Din Madrasa
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- tonsillitis
- name in native language
- الملكُ العادلُ أبو القاسمِ نور الدين محمود بن عمادِ الدِّين زَنْكِي
- nickname
- نور الدين الشهيد
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Encyclopedic overview
DynastyZengid dynasty FatherImad al-Din Zengi ReligionSunni Islam
Al-Malik al-Adil Abu al-Qasim Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd bin Imad al-Dīn Zengī (Arabic: الملكُ العادلُ أبو القاسمِ نور الدين محمود بن عمادِ الدِّين زَنْكِي; February 1118 – 15 May 1174), commonly known as Nur ad-Din or Nureddin (lit. 'Light of the Faith' in Arabic), and al-Malik al-Adil (lit. 'the Just King' in Arabic), was a Turkoman member of the Zengid dynasty, who ruled the Syrian province (Bilad al-Sham) of the Seljuk Empire. He reigned from 1146 to 1174. He is regarded as an important figure of the Second Crusade.
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