Post by Ammār ibn Aziz Ahmed

On this day (15 May, 1174), the ruler of the Oghuz Turkic Zengid Dynasty in Syria and Northern Iraq, Nūr ad-Dīn Abū al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿImād ad-Dīn Zengī or more simply known as Nur ad-Din Zengi, died in Damascus. Nur ad-Din was the second son of Imad ad-Din Zengi, the Turkish atabeg/atabey of Aleppo and Mosul and founder of the Zengid Dynasty, who was a devoted enemy of the Crusader presence in Syria. Nur ad-Din's death paved the way for Salah ad-Din/Salahuddin al-Ayubbi to unite Egypt and the Levant (Shaam), thereby surrounding the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. https://lnkd.in/gSH4Nm9 Support my work: https://lnkd.in/gFTu3PN #Islamichistory #Muslimhistory #lostislamichistory #forgottenislamichistory #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #todayinhistory #history #OghuzTurk #Turk #Oghuz #Zengid #Dynasty #NurAdDin #ImadAdDin #Salahuddin #SalahAdDin #Shaam #Syria #Iraq #Egypt #Aleppo #Damascus #Mosul #Jerusalem #Crusade #Crusader #historyblog #historyblogger #blog #blogger