Zengid dynasty

Zengid State
الدولة الزنكية
Zengid State الدولة الزنكية
1127–1250
	The Zengid state under Zengi in 1145, and expansion under Nur al-Din in 1174 CE.
Status	Atabegate of the Seljuk Empire (1127-1194); Emirate (1194-1250)
Capital	Damascus
Common languages	Oghuz Turkic; Arabic (numismatics)
Religion	Sunni Islam; Shia Islam
Emir
• 1127–1146	Imad ad-Din Zengi (first)
• 1241–1250	Mahmud Al-Malik Al-Zahir (last reported)
History
• Established	1127
• Disestablished	1250
Currency	Dinar
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Great Seljuq Empire
	County of Edessa
	Fatimid Caliphate
Luluids
Ayyubids
Ilkhanate

The Zengid or Zangid dynasty (Arabic: الدولة الزنكية romanized: al-Dawla al-Zinkia) was an Atabegate of the Seljuk Empire created in 1127.^[3] It formed a Turkoman dynasty of Sunni Muslim faith,^[4] which ruled parts of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia, and eventually seized control of Egypt in 1169.^[5]^[6] In 1174 the Zengid state extended from Tripoli to Hamadan and from Yemen to Sivas.^[7]^[8] Imad ad-Din Zengi was the first ruler of the dynasty.

The Zengid Atabegate became famous in the Islamic world for its successes against the Crusaders, and for being the Atabegate from which Saladin originated.^[9] Following the demise of the Seljuk dynasty in 1194, the Zengids persisted for several decades as one of the "Seljuq successor-states" until 1250.^[10]

^ Riley-Smith, Jonathan Simon Christopher (1991). The atlas of the Crusades. New York : Facts on File. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-8160-2186-4.
^ Canby et al. 2016, p. 69.
^ El-Azhari 2019, p. 311.
^ Bosworth 1996, p. 191.
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^ El-Azhari 2019, p. 316.
^ El-Azhari 2019, p. 312.

[1] Riley-Smith, Jonathan Simon Christopher (1991). The atlas of the Crusades. New York : Facts on File. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-8160-2186-4.

[FOOTNOTECanbyBeyazitRugiadiPeacock201669-2] Canby et al. 2016, p. 69.

[FOOTNOTEEl-Azhari2019311-3] El-Azhari 2019, p. 311.

[FOOTNOTEBosworth1996191-4] Bosworth 1996, p. 191.

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[FOOTNOTEEl-Azhari2019316-9] El-Azhari 2019, p. 316.

[FOOTNOTEEl-Azhari2019312-10] El-Azhari 2019, p. 312.

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