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Imad ad-Din Zengi

1087 - 1146

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Imad al-Din Zengi (Arabic: عماد الدین زنكي; c. 1084/88 – 14 September 1146), also romanized as Zangi, Zengui, Zenki, and Zanki, was a Turkoman atabeg of the Seljuk Empire, who ruled Mosul, Aleppo, Hama, and, later, Edessa. He was the namesake and founder of the Zengid dynasty of atabegs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Imad ad-Din Zengi is the 897th most popular politician (down from 842nd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Syria and the 7th most popular Syrian Politician.

Imad ad-din zengi is most famous for being the first Muslim leader to conquer Edessa and Aleppo in the 11th century.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Imad ad-Din Zengi ranks 897 out of 19,576. Before him are Gallienus, Horace Walpole, Vidkun Quisling, John A. Macdonald, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, and Robert II of France. After him are Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor, Ptolemy IV Philopator, Lee Myung-bak, Gaius Octavius, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and Darius II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1087, Imad ad-Din Zengi ranks 1. After him are John II Komnenos, Yelü Dashi, and Richenza of Northeim. Among people deceased in 1146, Imad ad-Din Zengi ranks 1. After him are Helena of Serbia, Queen of Hungary, Eric III of Denmark, Injong of Goryeo, Vsevolod II of Kiev, and Gertrude of Sulzbach.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Imad ad-Din Zengi ranks 10 out of 210. Before him are Pope Gregory III (700), John of Damascus (676), Zenobia (240), Yazid I (647), Pope Anicetus (70), and Philip the Arab (204). After him are Apollodorus of Damascus (50), Julia Domna (160), Abd al-Rahman I (731), Ibn Kathir (1301), John Climacus (579), and Al-Nawawi (1233).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Imad ad-Din Zengi ranks 7. Before him are Hafez al-Assad (1930), Bashar al-Assad (1965), Elagabalus (203), Zenobia (240), Yazid I (647), and Philip the Arab (204). After him are Abd al-Rahman I (731), Marwan II (688), Al-Adil I (1145), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), Muawiya II (661), and Anisa Makhlouf (1930).

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