Nur al-Din Zengi, Sultan · Uniter of Syria
RulerSultan · Uniter of Syria
Nur al-Din Zengiنور الدين محمود
Damascus
A pious ruler who united Syria and prepared the way for Salah al-Din.
He took Damascus in 1154, joined Syria and sent armies to Egypt. He built hospitals, madrasas and schools of hadith, and had a minbar carved for al-Aqsa, which Salah al-Din later installed. He was known for his simple life.
What grew out of it?
His hospital in Damascus and his minbar for al-Aqsa became symbols of his reign.
The lesson
He worked for a victory he would not live to see.
Who came before and after?
Where do they appear in the story?
Who else is linked?
ZengidsDamascusSalah al-DinIbn AsakirFatima al-SamarqandiAleppoMosul
Who lived at the same time?
Al-MustanjidAl-AdidShirkuhAl-MuqtafiAbd al-MuminAl-MustadiRoger II of SicilyAhmad Sanjar
Source: history · Wikipedia
Everyone and everything in the timeline
People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
Rulers
- Yazid ibn Muawiyah
- Muawiyah ibn Yazid
- Marwan ibn al-Hakam
- Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
- Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik
- Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik
- Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
- Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik
- Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
- Al-Walid ibn Yazid
- Yazid ibn al-Walid
- Ibrahim ibn al-Walid
- Marwan ibn Muhammad
- Al-Saffah
- Al-Mansur
- Al-Mahdi
- Al-Hadi
- Harun al-Rashid
- Al-Amin
- Al-Mamun
- Al-Mutasim
- Al-Wathiq
- Al-Mutawakkil
- Al-Muntasir
- Al-Mustain
- Al-Mutazz
- Al-Muhtadi
- Al-Mutamid
- Al-Mutadid
- Al-Muktafi
- Al-Muqtadir
- Al-Qahir
- Al-Radi
- Al-Muttaqi
- Al-Mustakfi
- Al-Muti
- Al-Tai
- Al-Qadir
- Al-Qaim
- Al-Muqtadi
- Al-Mustazhir
- Al-Mustarshid
- Al-Rashid
- Al-Muqtafi
- Al-Mustanjid
- Al-Mustadi
- Al-Nasir li-Din Allah
- Al-Zahir
- Al-Mustansir
- Al-Mustasim
- Abd al-Rahman I
- Hisham I
- Al-Hakam I
- Abd al-Rahman II
- Muhammad I of Cordoba
- Al-Mundhir
- Abdallah ibn Muhammad
- Abd al-Rahman III
- Al-Hakam II
- Hisham II
- Al-Mansur ibn Abi Amir
- Hisham III
- Al-Mutamid ibn Abbad
- Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
- Al-Muizz li-Din Allah
- Al-Aziz Billah
- Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
- Al-Mustansir Billah
- Al-Adid
- Tughril Beg
- Alp Arslan
- Malik Shah I
- Nizam al-Mulk
- Ahmad Sanjar
- Kilij Arslan I
- Kayqubad I
- Imad al-Din Zengi
- Nur al-Din Zengi
- Shirkuh
- Salah al-Din
- Al-Adil
- Al-Kamil
- Al-Salih Ayyub
- Turan Shah
- Shajar al-Durr
- Izz al-Din Aybak
- Qutuz
- Baybars
- Qalawun
- Al-Ashraf Khalil
- Al-Nasir Muhammad
- Barquq
- Barsbay
- Qaitbay
- Qansuh al-Ghawri
- Tumanbay II
- Al-Mutawakkil III
- Yusuf ibn Tashfin
- Ali ibn Yusuf
- Ibn Tumart
- Abd al-Mumin
- Yaqub al-Mansur
- Muhammad al-Nasir
- Muhammad I of Granada
- Yusuf I of Granada
- Muhammad V of Granada
- Muhammad XII
- Muhammad al-Mustansir
- Abu Inan Faris
- Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab
- Ziyadat Allah I
- Idris I
- Idris II
- Ahmad ibn Tulun
- Sayf al-Dawla
- Ismail ibn Ahmad
- Adud al-Dawla
- Sebuktigin
- Mahmud of Ghazna
- Qutb al-Din Aibak
- Iltutmish
- Razia Sultana
- Ghiyath al-Din Balban
- Alauddin Khalji
- Muhammad bin Tughluq
- Firuz Shah Tughluq
- Ibrahim Lodi
- Muhammad II of Khwarazm
- Jalal al-Din Mangburni
- Berke Khan
- Ozbeg Khan
- Ghazan
- Oljeitu
- Timur
- Shah Rukh
- Ulugh Beg
- Babur
- Humayun
- Akbar
- Jahangir
- Shah Jahan
- Aurangzeb
- Bahadur Shah II
- Shah Ismail I
- Tahmasp I
- Shah Abbas I
- Nader Shah
- Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
- Sundiata Keita
- Mansa Musa
- Mansa Sulayman
- Sunni Ali
- Askia Muhammad I
- Idris Alooma
- Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
- Tunka Manin
- Malik al-Salih
- Iskandar Muda
- Muhammad Bello
- Osman I
- Orhan
- Murad I
- Bayezid I
- Mehmed I
- Murad II
- Mehmed II
- Bayezid II
- Selim I
- Suleiman I
- Selim II
- Murad III
- Mehmed III
- Ahmed I
- Mustafa I
- Osman II
- Murad IV
- Ibrahim
- Mehmed IV
- Suleiman II
- Ahmed II
- Mustafa II
- Ahmed III
- Mahmud I
- Osman III
- Mustafa III
- Abdul Hamid I
- Selim III
- Mustafa IV
- Mahmud II
- Abdulmejid I
- Abdulaziz
- Murad V
- Abdul Hamid II
- Mehmed V
- Mehmed VI
- Abdulmejid II
- Muhammad Ali Pasha
- Emir Abd al-Qadir
- Imam Shamil
- Muhammad ibn Saud
- Abdulaziz ibn Saud
- Moulay Ismail
- Ahmad al-Mansur
- Tipu Sultan
- Mustafa Kemal
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Sargon of Akkad
- Hammurabi
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- Cyrus the Great
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- Titus
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- Khosrow I
- Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan
- Al-Numan ibn al-Mundhir
- Heraclius
- Khosrow II
- Yazdegerd III
- Al-Muqawqis
- Jabalah ibn al-Ayham
- Constans II
- Leo III the Isaurian
- Charles Martel
- Charlemagne
- Nikephoros I
- Romanos IV Diogenes
- Alexios I Komnenos
- Alfonso VI
- Roger II of Sicily
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- Pelayo
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- Roger I of Sicily
- Hummay
- Sultan Hasan
- Philip III of Spain
- Muhammad Ahmad