NMC277H1 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Imad Ad-Din Zengi, Hanbali, Upper Mesopotamia

• School: UTSG
• Department: Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
• Course: NMC277H1
• Professor: Fadi Ragheb

Document Summary

Nur al-din mahmud b. zangi (r. 1146-74) son of imad ad din zangi zengid dynasty ruled the syrian province of the seljuk empire. Sayf al-din b. zangi elder brother of noor ad din ruled mosul and the jezira. Aleppo ridwan of aleppo sought approach of assassins atabeg badr addin lulu after ridwan ruled by artuqid turkmen. Mosul became strategically and politically significant // defence of eastern fertile crescent ag edessa links. Second crusade 1148 sayf and nur marched south to help defend damascus during the second crusade - Atabeg of damascus muin ad din unur refused entrance. Damascus burid dyn only one enemy jerusalem umayyad mosque shrine of john baptist minaret of jesus - Battle of inab (june 1149) also called battle of ard al hatim during second crusade syrian army of. Atabeg nur ad din zangi destroyed the army of prince raymond of antioch and the hashshahin of ali ibn.