Aq Sunqur al-Hajib

Abu Said Aq Sunqur al-Hajib (full name: Qasim ad-Dawla Aksungur al-Hajib) was the Seljuk governor of Aleppo under Sultan Malik Shah I. He was beheaded in 1094 following accusations of treason by Tutush I, the ruler of Damascus.[1]

Aq-Sunqur was the father of Imad ad-Din Zengi, the founder of the Zengid dynasty.

  1. ^ Maalouf 1985, p. 271.

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