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Nur al-Din ibn Zangi

Born on 1118

Died on 1174

Nūr ad-Dīn Abū al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿImād ad-Dīn Zengī;

(February 1118 – 15 May 1174), often shortened to his laqab Nur ad-Din (Arabic: نور الدين‎, “Light of the Faith”), was a member of the Oghuz Turkish Zengid dynasty which ruled the Syrian province of the Seljuk Empire. He reigned from 1146 to 1174.

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