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Also Known As Nūr al-Dīn ibn Zangī • Nureddin • Nūr al-Dīn Abū al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿImād al-Dīn Zangī
Born February 1118
Died May 15, 1174 (aged 56) • Damascus • Syria
Notable Family Members father Zangī

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Nūr al-Dīn mausoleum
Mosul, Iraq: Great Mosque of al-Nūrī
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Pompey
Pompey the Great
Roman statesman
Hadrian
Hadrian
Roman emperor
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Leading a revolutionary offensive
Ahmed al-Sharaa
president of interim government of Syria
Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad
president of Syria
Michel ʿAflaq
Syrian political leader
Gabinius, bronze bust; in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
Aulus Gabinius
Roman politician
Khalid Bakdash
Syrian politician
Akram al-Hawrani
Syrian politician
Nizār Qabbānī
Syrian poet and diplomat
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Roman statesman
Anṭūn Saʿādah
Syrian politician
Adib al-Shishakli
Syrian military officer
Sayf al-Dawlah
Ḥamdānid ruler
Zangī
Iraqi ruler
Shukri al-Quwatli.
Shukri al-Quwatli
president of Syria
Sir Max Mallowan
British archaeologist
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio
Roman politician
Hāshim al-ʿAtāsī
president of Syria
Salah al-Din Bitar
Syrian politician