Nur ad-Din Shahanshah

Nur ad-Din Shahanshah
Nur ad-Din Shahanshah
Nickname(s)	Nur Al-Dawla
Died	1148; Damascus
Allegiance	Zengids
Rank	Emir
Battles/wars	Second Crusade Siege of Damascus (1148) ; ; †
Relations	Khutlu-Khayr bint Ibrahim (wife); Farrukh Shah (son); Al-Muzaffar I Umar (son); Adhra Khatun (daughter);

Emir Nur Al-Dawla Shahanshah ibn Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb ibn Shādhi ibn Marwan, or simply Shahanshah, was the eldest son of the Kurdish mercenary Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb, and military commander of Zengid Emirate. He was the father of Farrukh Shah and Al-Muzaffar I Umar.^[1]^[2]

Shahanshah who was emir of Baalbek was killed in an engagement against the crusaders during the Siege of Damascus in 1148.^[1]^[3]

^ ^a ^b Khallikān, Ibn (1843). Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary. Oriental translation fund of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 615.
^ Necipoğlu, Gülru (1994-08-01). Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. BRILL. p. 42. ISBN 978-90-04-10070-1.
^ Welsh, William E. (2022). "Crusader Calamity at Damascus". Warfare History Network.

[:0-1] Khallikān, Ibn (1843). Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary. Oriental translation fund of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 615.

[2] Necipoğlu, Gülru (1994-08-01). Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. BRILL. p. 42. ISBN 978-90-04-10070-1.

[3] Welsh, William E. (2022). "Crusader Calamity at Damascus". Warfare History Network.

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