Zengid dynasty
The Zengid or Zangid dynasty (Arabic: الدولة الزنكية romanized: al-Dawla al-Zinkia) was an Atabegate of the Seljuk Empire created in 1127. It formed a Turkoman dynasty of Sunni Muslim faith, which ruled parts of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia, and eventually seized control of Egypt in 1169. In 1174 the Zengid state extended from Tripoli to Hamadan and from Yemen to Sivas. Imad ad-Din Zengi was the first ruler of the dynasty.
Zengid State الدولة الزنكية | |||||||||||||||
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| 1127–1250 | |||||||||||||||
The Zengid state in the mid 12th century | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Atabegate (vassal of the Seljuk Empire), Emirate | ||||||||||||||
| Capital | Damascus | ||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Oghuz Turkic Arabic (numismatics) | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam Shia Islam | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Emirate | ||||||||||||||
| Emir | |||||||||||||||
• 1127–1146 | Imad ad-Din Zengi (first) | ||||||||||||||
• 1241–1250 | Mahmud Al-Malik Al-Zahir (last reported) | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Established | 1127 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1250 | ||||||||||||||
| Currency | Dinar | ||||||||||||||
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The Zengid Atabegate became famous in the Islamic world for its successes against the Crusaders, and for being the Atabegate from which Saladin originated. Following the demise of the Seljuk dynasty in 1194, the Zengids persisted for several decades as one of the "Seljuq successor-states" until 1250.
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