Person
Imad ad-Din Zengi
Atabeg of Mosul, Aleppo, Hama and Edessa
b. 1085 CE – d. 1146 CE
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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.
Groups
- Iranian peoples
- Arab people
- Persian people
- Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh)
- Armenian people
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Moran, J. (2017). Imad ad-Din Zengi. History Atlas. Retrieved 4 November 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/imad-ad-din-zengi/
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