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Nur ad-Din
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Emir of Aleppo (1146–1174) and Damascus (1154–1174)
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Nur ad-Din, born Mahmud in Mosul in 1118, was a male military leader and politician of the Zengid dynasty. He was the son of Imad ad-Din Zengi and the spouse of Ismat ad-Din Khatun. His children included As-Salih Ismail al-Malik. He held the positions of Atabeg and stadtholder and practiced Islam.
He died in Damascus on 15 May 1174 from tonsillitis, a natural cause. He is buried at the Nur al-Din Madrasa. His given name was Mahmud, and he spoke Arabic. He was also known by the nicknames al-Malik al-Adil, Nasir Amir al-Mu'minin, Taqi al-Muluk, and Layth al-Islam.
Synthesized by Vinony from 32 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1957-01-04
- Works
- 18
Top works
- Arḍ akthar wa-ʻArab aqall
- Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba
- Palestine Across Millennia
- Theologies of liberation in Palestine-Israel
- Catastrophe Remembered
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Türkiye
- Active from
- 1207-09-30
- Active to
- 1273-12-17
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- NMRPipe: A multidimensional spectral processing system based on UNIX pipes
· 1995 · cited 13,865x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,997x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,188x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,175x
- Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis
· 2018 · cited 5,417x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Reign
- 1146 – 15 May 1174
- Predecessor
- Imad ad-Din Zengi
- Successor
- As-Salih Ismail al-Malik
- Born
- 1118, Aleppo
- Died
- 15 May 1174 (aged 55-56), Damascus , Seljuk Empire
- Burial
- Nur al-Din Madrasa , Damascus, Syria
- Spouse
- Ismat ad-Din Khatun
- Issue
- As-Salih Ismail al-Malik
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mahmud
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Mosul
- Place of death
- Damascus
- Spouse
- Ismat ad-Din Khatun
- Father
- Imad ad-Din Zengi
- Sibling
- Qutb ad-Din Mawdud
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Atabeg
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Family
- Zengid dynasty
- Image
- Nur ad-Din Zangi2.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1118-02-11
- date of death
- 1174-05-15
- Commons category
- Nur ad-Din Zangi
- place of burial
- Nur al-Din Madrasa
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- tonsillitis
- name in native language
- الملكُ العادلُ أبو القاسمِ نور الدين محمود بن عمادِ الدِّين زَنْكِي
- nickname
- نور الدين الشهيد
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
DynastyZengid dynasty FatherImad al-Din Zengi ReligionSunni Islam
Al-Malik al-Adil Abu al-Qasim Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd bin Imad al-Dīn Zengī (Arabic: الملكُ العادلُ أبو القاسمِ نور الدين محمود بن عمادِ الدِّين زَنْكِي; February 1118 – 15 May 1174), commonly known as Nur ad-Din or Nureddin (lit. 'Light of the Faith' in Arabic), and al-Malik al-Adil (lit. 'the Just King' in Arabic), was a Turkoman member of the Zengid dynasty, who ruled the Syrian province (Bilad al-Sham) of the Seljuk Empire. He reigned from 1146 to 1174. He is regarded as an important figure of the Second Crusade.
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