Zangī: Quick Facts


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Also Known As ʿImād ad-Dīn Zangī ibn Aq Sonqur • Zengi
Born 1084
Died 1146 (aged 62) • Mosul • Iraq
Founder Zangid dynasty
House / Dynasty Zangid dynasty
Notable Family Members son Nūr al-Dīn
Role In Siege of Edessa

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Sayf al-Dawlah
Ḥamdānid ruler
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Sir Max Mallowan
British archaeologist
Pompey
Pompey the Great
Roman statesman
Hadrian
Hadrian
Roman emperor
Leading a revolutionary offensive
Ahmed al-Sharaa
president of interim government of Syria
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Hafiz al-Assad, President of Syria, shown in a black-and-white headshot wearing a suit and patterned tie, photographed in 1980.
Hafez al-Assad
president of Syria
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Michel ʿAflaq
Syrian political leader
Gabinius, bronze bust; in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
Aulus Gabinius
Roman politician
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Khalid Bakdash
Syrian politician
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Akram al-Hawrani
Syrian politician
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Nizār Qabbānī
Syrian poet and diplomat
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Marcus Licinius Crassus
Roman statesman
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Anṭūn Saʿādah
Syrian politician
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Adib al-Shishakli
Syrian military officer
Shukri al-Quwatli.
Shukri al-Quwatli
president of Syria
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Hāshim al-ʿAtāsī
president of Syria
Nūr al-Dīn mausoleum
Nūr al-Dīn
Muslim ruler
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Salah al-Din Bitar
Syrian politician