Zengid dynasty
id:
zengid-dynasty-175-12868531
title:
Zengid dynasty
text:
The Zengid or Zangid dynasty, Atabegs of Mosul was an Atabegate of the Seljuk Empire created in 1127. It formed a Turkoman dynasty of Sunni Muslim faith, which ruled parts of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia, and eventually seized control of Egypt in 1169. In 1174 the Zengid state extended from Tripoli to Hamadan and from Yemen to Sivas. 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 b
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Historical dynasty of Turkoman origin (12–13th centuries AD)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zengid_dynasty
date created:
2003-05-02T07:05:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T05:45:13Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q189545","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q189545"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Zengid_territory.png","width":1907,"height":1709}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16