Imad ad-Din Zengi
1085 CE–1146 CE · Mosul
Imad ad-Din Zengi (c. 1085-1146) was a Turkish commander in the service of the Seljuk sultans who founded the Zengid dynasty in northern Syria and Iraq. He united the cities of Mosul and Aleppo under his rule and became a leading opponent of the Crusader states. In 1144 he captured Edessa, the first of the Crusader states to fall, an event that prompted the Second Crusade. He was killed in 1146, and his lands were divided between his sons, one of whom was Nur ad-Din.
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- al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah· 1096 CE–1130 CE
- Ahmad Sanjar· 1086 CE–1157 CE
- Emperor Huizong of Song· 1082 CE–1135 CE
- Mstislav I of Kiev (Mstislav the Great)· 1076 CE–1132 CE
- Lord Four Wind 'Fire Serpent'· 1092 CE–
- Muhammad I Tapar· 1082 CE–1118 CE
- Kilij Arslan I· 1079 CE–1107 CE
- Barkiyaruq· 1080 CE–1105 CE
- Vladimir Monomakh· 1053 CE–1125 CE
- Lord Eight Deer 'Jaguar Claw'· 1063 CE–1115 CE
- Andrey Bogolyubsky· 1111 CE–1174 CE
- Alexios I Komnenos· 1057 CE–1118 CE
- Nur ad-Din· 1118 CE–1174 CE
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