Noor ud din zangi biography definition

Emir of Aleppo (1146–1174) and Damascus (1154–1174)

For other people named Nur al-Din, see Nur al-Din.

Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī (نور الدين محمود زنگي; February 1118 – 15 May 1174), commonly known as Nur ad-Din (lit.

'Light of the Faith' in Arabic), was a Turkoman member of the Zengid dynasty, who ruled the Syrian province (Shām) of the Seljuk Empire. He reigned from 1146 to 1174. He is regarded as an important figure of the Second Crusade.

War against Crusaders

Nur ad-Din was the second son of Imad al-Din Zengi, the Turkomanatabeg of Aleppo and Mosul, who was a devoted enemy of the crusader presence in Syria.

Noor ud din zangi biography definition in urdu

After the assassination of his father in 1146, Nur ad-Din and his older brother Saif ad-Din Ghazi I divided the kingdom between themselves, with Nur ad-Din governing Aleppo and Saif ad-Din Ghazi establishing himself in Mosul. The border between the two new kingdoms was formed by the Khabur River.

Almost as soon as he began his rule, Nur ad-Din a