# Imad ad-Din Zengi

> The Turkoman atabeg who ruled Mosul, Aleppo, Hama, and Edessa under the Seljuk Empire, founding the Zengid dynasty that would carry his name forward through the twelfth-century Near East.

*Zengid ruler*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/imad-ad-din-zengi

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1087
- **Died:** 1146-09-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 1084 or 1088, Imad ad-Din Zengi rose through the ranks of the Seljuk Empire to become atabeg — a military governor wielding real power beneath the sultan's distant authority. He took Mosul first, then extended his reach to Aleppo and Hama, consolidating a patchwork of cities into a coherent power base. His conquest of Edessa marked a turning point in the region's balance, pulling territory back from Crusader control. He died on 14 September 1146, but the dynasty he founded — the Zengids — outlasted him, carrying his template of centralised military rule into the generation that followed.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.6 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189550)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imad_ad-Din_Zengi)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Imad%20ad-Din%20Zengi)
- [عماد الدین زنگی](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B2%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C)
- [I İmadəddin Zəngi](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_%C4%B0mad%C9%99ddin_Z%C9%99ngi)
- [ইমাদুদ্দিন জেনগি](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF)
- [Imad-ad-Din Zengi I](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imad-ad-Din_Zengi_I)
- [عیمادەدین زەنگی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B2%DB%95%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C)
- [Zengí](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeng%C3%AD)
- [Ad-Din Zangi](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad-Din_Zangi)
- [Zengi](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zengi)
- [Ιμαντεντίν Ζενγκί](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD_%CE%96%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%AF)
- [Imad al-Din Zengi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imad_al-Din_Zengi)
- [Zengi](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zengi)
- [Zengi](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zengi)
- [Zengi](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zengi)
- [عمادالدین زنگی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B2%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C)
- [Imad ad-Din Zengi](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imad_ad-Din_Zengi)
- [Zengi](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zengi)
- [Zengi](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zengi)
- [זנגי](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%99)
- [इमादउद्दीन जंगी](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80)
- [Imád ad-Dín Zangi](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Im%C3%A1d_ad-D%C3%ADn_Zangi)
- [Իմադ ալ-Դին Զանգի](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%A4_%D5%A1%D5%AC-%D4%B4%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D4%B6%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%AB)
- [Imaduddin Zanki](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaduddin_Zanki)
- [Zengi](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zengi)
- [عماد الدين زنكي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B2%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A)
- [عماد الدين زنكى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B2%D9%86%D9%83%D9%89)

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