Zengid dynasty

The Zengid or Zangid dynasty, also known as the Atabegate of Mosul, Aleppo and Damascus was initially an Atabegate of the Seljuk Empire created in 1127. It formed a Turkoman dynasty of Sunni Muslim faith, which ruled parts of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia. Imad ad-Din Zengi was the first ruler of the dynasty.

Zengid State الدولة الزنكية، ظانغى دولتى
1127–1250
The Zengid state under Imad al-Din in 1145, and expansion under Nur al-Din in 1174 CE.
Status	Atabegate of the Seljuk Empire (1127–1194) Emirate (1194–1250)
Capital	Mosul (until 1154) Damascus (from 1154)
Common languages	Oghuz Turkic (Ruling dynasty, military oligarchy) Arabic, Persian (numismatics)
Religion	Sunni Islam Shia Islam (minority)
Sultan
• 1118–1157	Ahmad Sanjar
• 1176–1194	Toghrul III
Emir
• 1127–1146	Imad ad-Din Zengi (first)
• 1241–1250	Mahmud Al-Malik Al-Zahir (last reported)
History
•	1127
•	1250
Currency	Dinar
Preceded by Succeeded by Great Seljuq Empire County of Edessa Fatimid Caliphate Burid dynasty Luluids Ayyubids Ilkhanate

Zengid Dynasty Media

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  Nūr-ad-Din's victory at the Battle of Inab, 1149. Illustration from the Passages d'outremer, c. 1490.

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  Hunting scene on the Blacas ewer, 1232, Mosul, Zengid dynasty.

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  Saladin began his military career in the army of Nur ad-Din, during the Zengid conquest of Egypt in 1163–1169.

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  Zengid soldiers armed with long swords and wearing the aqbiya turkiyya coat, tiraz armbands, boots and sharbush hat, at the time of the atabegate of Badr al-Din Lu'lu' in 1218–1219. Kitab al-Aghani, Mosul.

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  Frontal view on the Citadel of Aleppo

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  Detail of inlaid brass writing box, showing soldier wearing a mail hauberk. Mosul, 1230–1250 CE, British Museum.

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  Royal court detail, ruler in Turkic dress, wearing the sharbush hat. 1198–1199, probably Mosul. Kitâb al-Diryâq.