Nur al-Din Zengi
| Nur ad-Din Mahmud | |||||
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Coinage of Nur al-Din (Aleppo mint). Obverse: Two Byzantine-style imperial figures standing facing, holding between them labarum set on three steps; stars, name and titles of Nur al-Din Mahmud, and blundered Greek legends in field. Reverse: Christ standing facing; titles of Nur al-Din Mahmud and blundered Greek legends in field. | |||||
| Emir of Aleppo | |||||
| Reign | 1146 – 15 May 1174 | ||||
| Predecessor | Imad ad-Din Zengi | ||||
| Successor | As-Salih Ismail al-Malik | ||||
| Emir of Damascus | |||||
| Reign | 1154 – 15 May 1174 | ||||
| Predecessor | Mujir ad-Din Abaq | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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| Dynasty | Zengid dynasty | ||||
| Father | Imad al-Din Zengi | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Al-Malik al-Adil Abu al-Qasim Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd bin Imad al-Dīn Zengī (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.