سيف الدين غازي الثاني صاحب الموصل

Sultan Sayf al-Din Ghazi, lord of Mosul, son of Qutb al-Din Mawdud ibn Atabeg Zangi; he died of consumption in Safar 576, aged thirty — a handsome, fair, tall, sensible and grave young man, little given to injustice or bloodshed; Ibn Shihba called him one of the comeliest of men, jealous, clean-tongued and chaste of others' wealth. ²

Among his wonders: when rain delayed over some of his lands, the people held the rain prayer and he was with them; unanswered, they said "let it pour so that the wine-shops among us get what they deserve," and as they returned with the righteous Abu'l-Faraj al-Daqqaq the water poured and the crowd looted the wine-sellers' shops; he summoned al-Daqqaq to the citadel and struck him on the head so it was uncovered — and the man refused to cover it until God took vengeance for him; the striker died soon after and Sayf al-Din fell ill and died. ²