# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nur-ad-din
# Generated: 2026-09-01T01:19:55.685Z

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name: "Nur ad-Din"
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description: "The Turkoman emir who turned the fractured Syrian provinces of the Seljuk Empire into a unified front against the Crusader states. For nearly three decades in the twelfth century, Nur ad-Din held the line."
tagline: "Emir of Aleppo (1146–1174) and Damascus (1154–1174)"
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birthDate: "1118-02-11"
deathDate: "1174-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in February 1118 into the Zengid dynasty, Nur ad-Din inherited the Syrian province of the Seljuk Empire in 1146 and spent the next twenty-eight years consolidating fragmented Muslim territories. His reign coincided with the Second Crusade, and he became the architect of organized resistance in Bilad al-Sham. The honorific "al-Malik al-Adil"—the Just King—stuck to him through campaigns that reframed the regional balance. He died on 15 May 1174, having built the structure that his successors, including Saladin, would inherit and expand.