Imad al-Din Zengi

Imad al-Din Zengi
Atabeg of Mosul, Aleppo, Hama and Edessa, Mesopotamia
Ruler in Turkic military dress: long braids, sharbush fur hat, boots, close-fitting coat. Maqamat by Al-Hariri of Basra (1054–1122), a high government official of the Seljuks. Mesopotamia, possibly Baghdad, 1237 copy.
Atabeg of Zengid dynasty
Reign
Coronation1127, Mosul, Seljuk Empire
Successor
Bornc. 1084/88
DiedSeptember 14, 1146 (aged 61)
Qal'at Ja'bar, Seljuk Empire
Spouse
Names
Imad al-Din Atabeg Zengi al-Malik al-Mansur
DynastyZengid dynasty
FatherAq Sunqur al-Hajib
ReligionSunni Islam
Military career
Battles / wars

Imad al-Din Zengi (Arabic: عماد الدین زنكي; c.1084/88 – 14 September 1146), also romanized as Zangi, Zengui, Zenki, and Zanki, was a Turkoman atabeg of the Seljuk Empire, who ruled Mosul, Aleppo, Hama, and, later, Edessa. He was the namesake and founder of the Zengid dynasty of atabegs.