Nūr al-Dīn takes Mosul and confirms Sayf al-Dīn Ghāzī upon it

ملك نور الدين الموصل وإقراره سيف الدين عليها

c. 1171 CE · 567 AH

Mosul

Nūr al-Dīn entered and took Mosul, then confirmed Sayf al-Dīn Ghāzī ibn Mawdūd as its lord — continuing the city-by-city gathering of Syria and the Jazira until his fellow kings kept only their names 1.

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116011701180 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Mosul

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Summary

Nur al-Din entered and took Mosul, and confirmed Sayf al-Din Ghazi ibn Qutb al-Din Mawdud over it. He continued to annex the lands of Syria and al-Jazira, until no king was left with anything but the name. 1

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Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi· سيف الدين غازي الثاني صاحب الموصل

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death of Quṭb al-Dīn Mawdūd — Sayf al-Dīn Ghāzī II succeeds in Mosul· Great Mosque of al-Nuri· Ending the Ubaydid Khutba and Restoring the Abbasid Khutba in Egypt· al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ moved to Aleppo — Saʿd al-Dīn Kumashtakīn seizes the regency· Battle of al-Khazir· Conquest of Mosul· death of the atabeg Izz al-Din Masud of Mosul· Death of Nur al-Din Arslan Shah of Mosul

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  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 31
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death of Quṭb al-Dīn Mawdūd — Sayf al-Dīn Ghāzī II succeeds in Mosul

Quṭb al-Dīn Mawdūd ibn Zangī, lord of Mosul, died and his son Sayf al-Dīn Ghāzī (II) succeeded him — the last Zangid to hold the city under Nūr al-Dīn's shadow.