Zengids and Ayyubids

الزنكيون والأيوبيون

A trail through the counter-crusade.

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Levant & Iraq
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  1. Zangi

    عماد الدين يأخذ الرها 1144: الرد يبدأ.

    عماد الدين زنكي · Mosul · Zengid dynasty

  2. Nur al-Din

    الملك العادل: توحيد دمشق وحلب ومصر.

    Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi · Aleppo · Damascus

  3. Saladin

    الأيوبي يوحد مصر والشام ثم حطين.

    Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub) · Ayyubid dynasty

  4. Hattin

    4 يوليو 1187: المعركة التي فتحت القدس.

    Battle of Hattin · Battle of Hattin

  5. The chronicler

    ابن الأثير يكتب الكامل: شاهد العصر.

    Ibn al-Athir Imad al-Din · al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh

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Overview

A path through the Crusader reconquest: 'Imad al-Din Zengi recovers Edessa, Nur al-Din unites Syria, and Salah al-Din opens Jerusalem.

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islam.museum contributors. “Zengids and Ayyubids”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-zengid-ayyubid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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