Person

Imad ad-Din Zengi

Atabeg of Mosul, Aleppo, Hama and Edessa

b. 1085 CE – d. 1146 CE World The Great Crossroads

Imad ad-Din Zengi (c. 1085 – 14 September 1146) is the atabeg of Mosul, Aleppo, Hama and Edessa and founder of the Zengid dynasty, to which he gives his name.