Imad al-Din Zengi, 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. Wikipedia
Born: 1087, Qalaat Jabaar, Syria
Children: Nur al-Din Zengi, Qutb al-Din Mawdud, and Sayf al-Din Ghazi I
Great grandchild: Nur al-Din Arslan Shah I
Assassinated: September 14, 1146, Qalaat Jabaar, Syria
Partner: Zumurrud Khatun (1138–) and Zamarud Khatun
Parents: Aq Sunqur al-Hajib
Full name: Imad al-Din Atabeg Zengi al-Malik al-Mansur
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