Zengîler

The Zengis are an Athabet dynasty that ruled in the 12th century, centered in Mosul and Aleppo, and played a decisive role in the rise of the Ayyubid family; sources give the reign of the dynastY founder Imadeddin Zengî as 521-541 / m. 1126-1146 (Volume 2, s. 73). 165). ## Relations with the Eyyubí Family Historians tell of the passage of the Ayyubí family, represented by Eyyúb and Esedduddin Shirukh, from the Divin plain on the borders of Azerbaijan to Tikrit in Iraq; the replacement of Shadi, the governor of Tikrit, was taken by Necmeddin Eyyûb, his son who became the father of Selahaddin after his death and received the title of el-Meliq el-Afdal Necmuddin (Cilt 2, p. 73). It is recorded that he was sent to Bealbek by Imadeddin Zengî as Mir in 1139 (Volume 2, s. 73). Imadddin Zengi, h. 526 / m. In 1132 he was defeated in a battle against Abbasid caliph al-Mustershidbillah (Volumes 2, s 73). Sultan Selahaddin, after the death of Nureddin Zengî in 569 / m. in 1174, seized effective rule in Egypt and expanded his influence and aimed to conquer the lands remaining from the Zengī (Volume 2, p. 74). Subhu'l-A'sha of Kalkaşendi also deals with the relationship of the Ayyubid institutions, their predecessors, the Fatimi and Zengí institutions; in this sense, the Zengi state organization is recorded as one of the foundations of the Ayubid organizations (volume 1, p. 195). Zengî İzleri Zengı's rule in the Kurdish geography has also left its mark with construction activities in cities with a large Kurdish population: in the city of Amid (Diyarbekir) there was a castle built by Malik Salih Mahmud, son of Nureddin Zengī (Volume 2, p. 98). The Kurdish tribes of the time are also reflected in the sources; Ibn al-Esir, who addressed Kurdish clans such as the Zengyi and the Hamidiye in the Ayyubid period, tells that these tribes had castles and walls near Mosul (Volume 2, p. 112). During the reign of Mahmuddin Zengī, he held important posts in the bureaucracy; his brother Mahmudddin also worked in the Zengí bureaukracy, writing important works in the fields of hadith and commentary (Volume 1, p. 165). In the sources, the Zengîler Ebû Şâme's er-Ravzateyn fi Ahbâri'd-Devleteyn: en-Nûriyye and's-Salâhiyye, named after the states of Nureddin Zengı and Selahaddin, is one of the main historical sources of the period (Volume 1, p. 178).