“We should sympathize with their grief and in pity spare them, because they have lost a prince such as the rest of the world does not possess today.”
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Nur ad-Din
Al-Malik al-Adil Abu al-Qasim Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd bin Imad al-Dīn Zengī, commonly known as Nur ad-Din or Nureddin, and al-Malik al-Adil, was a Turkoman member of the Zengid dynasty, who ruled the Syrian province of the Seljuk Empire. He reigned from 1146 to 1174. He is regarded as an important figure of the Second Crusade.
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politics · Emir of Aleppo (1146–1174) and Damascus (1154–1174) · military leader · politician · king · master builder · also Nur ad-Din, Nur al-Din Zengi, Nur al-Din, Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi, ad-Din
Born 11 February 1118 · Died 15 May 1174 · Q312973
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Died 1174-05-15.
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Career landmark: Atabeg (1146–1174).
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Born 1118-02-11.
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