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Nur ad-Din

1116 - 1174

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Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī (نور الدين محمود زنگي; February 1118 – 15 May 1174), commonly known as Nur ad-Din (lit. 'Light of the Faith' in Arabic), was a Turkoman member of the Zengid dynasty, who ruled the Syrian province (Shām) of the Seljuk Empire. He reigned from 1146 to 1174. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nur ad-Din has received more than 7,787 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Nur ad-Din is the 461st most popular politician (up from 834th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 26th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Nur ad-din is most famous for leading the Muslim resistance to the Crusaders in the Levant.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nur ad-Din ranks 461 out of 19,576. Before him are Alaric I, Giuseppe Mazzini, Lothair I, José Mujica, Lavrentiy Beria, and Mahidevran. After him are Caesarion, Stephen Báthory, Mary of Burgundy, Atahualpa, Narmer, and Yongle Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1116, Nur ad-Din ranks 1. After him are Ibn al-Jawzi, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Sweden, Berengaria of Barcelona, Philip of France, and Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair. Among people deceased in 1174, Nur ad-Din ranks 1. After him are Amalric of Jerusalem, Andrey Bogolyubsky, Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Wace, Everard des Barres, and Judith of Thuringia.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Nur ad-Din ranks 16 out of 384. Before him are Ashurbanipal (-685), Al-Kindi (801), Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780), Ibn al-Haytham (965), Mani (216), and Rabia of Basra (710). After him are Zaha Hadid (1950), Al-Masudi (896), Nebuchadnezzar I (-1200), Alexander IV of Macedon (-323), Ezra (-500), and Sargon II (-750).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Nur ad-Din ranks 8. Before him are Hammurabi (-1810), Saddam Hussein (1937), Sargon of Akkad (-2300), Nebuchadnezzar II (-630), Sennacherib (-740), and Ashurbanipal (-685). After him are Nebuchadnezzar I (-1200), Alexander IV of Macedon (-323), Sargon II (-750), Khosrow II (570), Al-Ma'mun (786), and Jalal Talabani (1933).

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