ज़ेंगीड राजवंश
Also known as Zangid dynasty, Zangids
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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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