Name: Qal'at Ja'bar
Address: Qal'at Ja'bar, Levant & Iraq

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Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi

Nur al-Din Mahmud, second son and successor in Syria of the Zangid ruler murdered in 541/1146, held Aleppo and then took Damascus in 549/1154. He drew Syria into one federation, fought the Franks, sent Shirkuh and then Salah al-Din to Egypt, and entered Mosul in 566/1171. He died in Damascus on 11 Shawwal 569/15 May 1174.

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Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi