Nur Ad-Din Zangi

Nur Ad-Din Zangi

Nur ad-Din (February 1118 – 15 May 1174), also known as Nur ed-Din or Nur al-Din (Turkish: Nureddin Mahmud Zengi, Arabic: نور الدين‎ / ISO 233: Nūr ad-Dīn / English: Light of the Faith), full name Nur ad-Din Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Imad ad-Din Zangi, was a member of the Turkic Zengid dynasty which ruled the Syrian province of the Seljuk Empire. He reigned from 1146 to 1174.