HIST 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Ayyubid Dynasty, Imad Ad-Din Zengi, Crusader States
21 Oct 2020
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The pushback begins when a man named zengi, who was an atabeq. Then uses the power he gets with his position to solidify his power. It begins in 1127- 1128 when he conquers the lands of other rulers. In the year 1144, he conquered the city of edessa, making it the first crusader. Very quickly after that many of the warring people form an alliance to stop the advance of zengi. In the year 1146, zengi dies and his son nur al- din takes the throne then. Zengi divided his realm between his two sons, thus prompting both of them to fight one another until nur al- din becomes the ruler. In the year 1154, the forces of nur al- din conquered the city of. He sends a guy to the fatimids at this time that will tell them what the will of nur al- din.
