Deaths on September 14

Imad ad-Din Zengi

Died on September 14, 1146

Imad ad-Din Zengi, Syrian ruler (b. 1087)

Imad al-Din Zengi (Arabic: عماد الدین زنكي; c. 1085 – 14 September 1146), also romanized as Zangi, Zengui, Zenki, and Zanki, was a Turkmen atabeg who ruled Mosul, Aleppo, Hama, and, later, Edessa. He was the namesake of the Zengid dynasty.

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