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Imad ad-Din Zengi

1087 - 1146

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Imad al-Din Zengi (Arabic: عماد الدین زنكي; c. 1085 – 14 September 1146), also romanized as Zangi, Zengui, Zenki, and Zanki, was a Turkoman atabeg of the Seljuk Empire, who ruled Mosul, Aleppo, Hama, and, later, Edessa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Imad ad-Din Zengi has received more than 254,558 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Imad ad-Din Zengi is the 842nd most popular politician (up from 1,301st in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Syria (up from 15th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Syrian Politician.

Imad ad-din zengi is most famous for being the first Muslim leader to conquer Edessa and Aleppo in the 11th century.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Imad ad-Din Zengi ranks 842 out of 19,576. Before him are Raymond Poincaré, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Alfonso XII of Spain, Hezekiah, Cassander, and Halimah Yacob. After him are Aurangzeb, Shoshenq I, Anastasius I Dicorus, Viktor Orbán, Georges Clemenceau, and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1087, Imad ad-Din Zengi ranks 1. After him are John II Komnenos, Yelü Dashi, and Richenza of Northeim. Among people deceased in 1146, Imad ad-Din Zengi ranks 1. After him are Eric III of Denmark, Injong of Goryeo, Helena of Serbia, Queen of Hungary, Vsevolod II of Kiev, and Gertrude of Sulzbach.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Imad ad-Din Zengi ranks 10 out of 210. Before him are Zenobia (240), Hafez al-Assad (1930), Abd al-Rahman I (731), Pope Gregory III (700), Philip the Arab (204), and Bashar al-Assad (1965). After him are Apollodorus of Damascus (50), Ibn Kathir (1301), Pope Anicetus (70), Muawiya II (661), Marwan II (688), and Julia Domna (160).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Imad ad-Din Zengi ranks 8. Before him are Yazid I (647), Zenobia (240), Hafez al-Assad (1930), Abd al-Rahman I (731), Philip the Arab (204), and Bashar al-Assad (1965). After him are Muawiya II (661), Marwan II (688), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), Al-Adil I (1145), Antiochus II Theos (-286), and Julia Avita Mamaea (180).

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