Zengid dynasty
Oghuz Turk dynasty 1127-1250, founded by Imad ad-Din Zengi
Key facts
- Status
- Atabegate of the Seljuk Empire (1127–1194), Emirate (1194–1250), Nominal vassal of the Abbasid Caliphate
- Capital
- Multiple bases: Mosul (until 1234), Damascus (1154–1174)
- Official languages
- Arabic
- Common languages
- Arabic (majority, administrative, literary, numismatics) , Syriac (Christian populations) , Oghuz Turkic (nomads, military elite, rulers).
- Religion
- Sunni Islam (majority), Shia Islam (minority)
- 1118 1157
- Ahmad Sanjar
- 1176 1194
- Toghrul III
- 1127 1146
- Imad ad-Din Zengi (first)
- 1241 1250
- Mahmud Al-Malik Al-Zahir (last reported)
- Disestablished
- 1174, (with nominal power until 1250)
- Currency
- Dinar
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The Zengid dynasty was a Turkoman Sunni Muslim dynasty in the Middle East. Initially an Atabegate of the Seljuk Empire created in 1127, it ruled parts of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia, and eventually seized control of Fatimid Egypt in 1169. Imad ad-Din Zengi was the first ruler of the dynasty. In 1174, the Zengid state extended from Tripoli to Hamadan and from Yemen to Sivas, as it also included the Egyptian territories held by Saladin as governor in the name of Nur al-Din Zengi.
The Zengid Atabegate became famous in the Islamic world for its successes against the Crusaders, and for being the Atabegate from which Saladin originated. Following the demise of the Seljuk dynasty in 1194, the Zengids persisted for several decades as one of the "Seljuk successor-states" until 1250.
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1250 disestablishments in Asia12th-century establishments in Asia12th-century establishments in the Seljuk EmpireAtabegsFormer client statesHistory of the Seljuk EmpireIraqi people of Turkish descentMedieval history of JordanMedieval history of SyriaMiddle Eastern dynastiesMuslims of the Second CrusadeStates and territories disestablished in 1250