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Saif ad-Din Ghazi II

Type Figure Region Mosul Time c. 1143–1180 Also known as Ghazi II

Saif ad-Din Ghazi II was the Zengid emir of Mosul, acceding around 1149 and ruling Mosul for nearly thirty years.

Timeline

  1. 1171–1180Mosul · IraqGhazi II long governed northern Mesopotamia from his base in Mosul. After Nur ad-Din's death in 1174, he sought to preserve the Zengid legacy and counterbalance Saladin's expansion in Syria, at times allied and at times opposed.
  2. 1180Mosul · IraqGhazi II died in Mosul in 1180, succeeded by his son Muhammad. The weakening of Zengid power in Mosul allowed Saladin to focus more on military operations against the Kingdom of Jerusalem and northern Syria.

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