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The dynasty was founded by Imad ed-Din Zengi, who became the Seljuk Atabeg (governor) of Mosul in 1127. He quickly became the chief Turkish potentate in Northern Syria and Iraq, taking Aleppo from the squabbling Ortoqid emirs in 1128, and capturing the County of Edessa from the Crusaders in 1144. This latter feat made Zengi a hero in the Muslim world, but he was assassinated by a slave two years later, in 1146Events Saint Bernard of Clairvaux preaches the Second Crusade at Vezelay, Burgundy First written mention of Bryansk. Births Giraldus Cambrensis, Welsh clergyman and chronicler (approximate date). Also known as Gerald of Wales. Deaths 1146..

On Zengi's death, his territories were divided, with Mosul and his lands in Iraq going to his eldest son, and Aleppo and Edessa falling to his second son, Nur ad-DinNur ad-Din Mahmud bin Zengi (also Nur ed-Din Nur al-Din or Nureddin was the second son of Zengi, the atabeg of Aleppo and Mosul. He succeeded his father in Aleppo in 1146 while his brother Saif ad-Din Ghazi came to power in Mosul. Almost as soon as he beg Mahmud. Nur ad-Din proved to be as competent as his father. In 1149Events Castle of Carimate destroyed. Nur ad-Din defeats the Principality of Antioch at the Battle of Inab. Births Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, theologian and philosopher. Roman Mstislavich, Prince of Kiev Deaths June 27 Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch die he defeated and killed Prince Raymond of AntiochRaymond of Poitiers ( 1099- June 27 1149) was prince of Antioch between 1136 to 1149. He was the youngest son of William IX, duke of Aquitaine and his wife Philippa, countess of Toulouse. Following the regencies of Baldwin II of Jerusalem (1130-1131) and in battle, and the next year conquered the remnants of the County of Edessa west of the Euphrates River. In 1154Events King Stephen of England dies at Dover, and is succeeded by his adopted son Henry Plantagenet who becomes King Henry II of England, aged 21. Sweden's King Eric introduces Christianity to Finland (see History of Finland). December 14 Nicholas Breaksp he capped off these successes by his capture of DamascusThis is about Damascus, the capital of Syria. There is also a Damascus, Maryland, a Damascus, Oregon, a Damascus, Pennsylvania, and a Damascus, Virginia. Damascus ( Arabic: Dimashq Dimashq al-Sham al-Sham Tiberian Hebrew Dammeseq Dammseq Sephardi Hebrew D from the Burid EmirsThe Burid Dynasty was a Turkish dynasty which ruled over Damascus in the early 12th century. The first Burid ruled, Toghtekin, began as a servant to the Seljuk ruler of Damascus, Duqaq. Following Duqaq's death in 1104, he seized the city for himself. who ruled it.

Now ruling from Damascus, Nur ad-Din's success continued. Another Prince of Antioch, Raynald of Chatillon was captured, and the territories of that Principality greatly reduced. In the 1160s, Nur ad-Din's attention was mostly held by a competition with the King of Jerusalem, Amalric I, for control of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt. Ultimately, Nur ed-Din's Kurdish general Shirkuh was successful in conquering Egypt in 1169, but Shirkuh's nephew and successor as Governor of Egypt, Saladin, rejected Nur ad-Din's control.

Nur ad-Din was preparing to invade Egypt to bring Saladin under control when he unexpectedly died in 1174. His son and successor As-Salih Ismail was only a child, and was forced to flee to Aleppo, which he ruled until 1181, when he was murdered and replaced by his relation, the Atabeg of Mosul. Saladin conquered Aleppo two years later, ending Zengid rule in Syria.

Zengid princes continued to rule in Northern Iraq well into the 13th Century, ruling Mosul until 1234 and with their rule not coming finally to an end until 1250.