Imad ad-Din Zengi (also Zangi or Zengui) ( 1087- 1146) was the son of Aq Sunqur al-Hajib, governor of Aleppo under Malik Shah I. He became atabeg of Mosul in 1127, and of Aleppo in 1128, uniting the two cities under his personal rule, and was the founder of the Zengid dynasty.During his reign he was in conflict with the Burids, from whom he captured Emesa in 1138. Later that year, Byzantine Emperor John II Comnenus besieged Aleppo, after he had brought the Crusader Principality of AntiochThe Principality of Antioch including parts of modern-day Turkey and Syria, was one of the crusader states created during the First Crusade. Foundation While Baldwin of Boulogne and Tancred headed east from Asia Minor to set up the County of Edessa, the m under Byzantine control. This siege was unsuccessful, and Zengi turned his attention to DamascusThis is about Damascus, the capital of Syria. There is also a Damascus, Maryland, a Damascus, Oregon, a Damascus, Pennsylvania, and a Damascus, Virginia. Damascus ( Arabic: Dimashq Dimashq al-Sham al-Sham Tiberian Hebrew Dammeseq Dammseq Sephardi Hebrew D in 1139Events Alphonso I (Afonso Henriques) becomes first king of Portugal Second Council of the Lateran Births Emperor Konoe of Japan Deaths Henry the Proud, Duke of Bavaria and Saxony 1139.. Damascus allied with the Crusader Kingdom of JerusalemThe Kingdom of Jerusalem was a short-lived country established in the 12th century by the First Crusade. Foundation and Early History The kingdom came into being with the Crusader capture of Jerusalem in 1099. Godfrey of Bouillon refused, however, to take against him, and he was unable to take the city.
In 1144Events Louis VII capitulates to Pope Celestine II and so earns the pope's absolution Pope Celestine II is succeeded by Pope Lucius II December 24 Edessa falls to Zengi Montauban, France, is founded First recorded example of an anti-Semitic blood libel in Zengi besieged the Crusader County of EdessaThe County of Edessa was one of the Crusader states in the 12th century, in a city with an ancient history and an early tradition of Christianity (see Edessa). In 1098, Baldwin of Boulogne left the main Crusading army which was travelling south towards An. Edessa was the weakest and least Latinized Crusader state, and Zengi captured it on December 24December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). There are 7 days remaining. Events 640 John IV becomes Popel 1814 The Treaty of Ghent was signed which ended the War of 1812 1818 Silent Night composed by Franz Xave, 1144. This event led to the Second CrusadeThe Second Crusade was called in response to the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144. The prosperity of the Kingdom of Jerusalem led to a weakening of the military spirit, and internal strife crippled the resources of the kingdom. On December 24, 1144, t, and later Muslim chroniclers noted it as the start of the jihad against the Crusader states.
Though he continued his attempted to take Damascus, Zengi was assassinated by a slave in 1146. In Aleppo he was succeeded by his son Nur ad-Din.
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Crusades
