Zengid dynasty
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The Zengid or Zangid dynasty (Arabic: الدولة الزنكية romanized: al-Dawla al-Zinkia) was an Atabegate of the Seljuk Empire created in 1127.[4] It formed a Turkoman dynasty of Sunni Muslim faith,[5] which ruled parts of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia, and eventually seized control of Egypt in 1169.[6][7] In 1174 the Zengid state extended from Tripoli to Hamadan and from Yemen to Sivas.[8][9] Imad ad-Din Zengi was the first ruler of the dynasty.
Zengid State الدولة الزنكية | |||||||||||||||||
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1127–1250 | |||||||||||||||||
Status | Atabegate of the Seljuk Empire (1127-1194) Emirate (1194-1250) | ||||||||||||||||
Capital | Damascus | ||||||||||||||||
Common languages | Oghuz Turkic Arabic (numismatics)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Zengid Atabegate became famous in the Islamic world for its successes against the Crusaders, and for being the Atabegate from which Saladin originated.[10] Following the demise of the Seljuk dynasty in 1194, the Zengids persisted for several decades as one of the "Seljuq successor-states" until 1250.[11]