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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...
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  • Nur al-Din (Arabic: نور الدين, romanized: nūr ad-dīn) is a male Arabic given name, translating to "light of Faith", nūr meaning "light" and dīn meaning...
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    Noureddin Mustafa Ali al-Atassi (Arabic: نور الدين مصطفى الأتاسي, romanized: Nūr ad-Dīn Muṣṭafā al-'Atasī, 11 January 1929 – 3 December 1992) was a Syrian...
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    symbols. Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī (Persian: نورالدین عبدالرحمن جامی; 7 November 1414 – 9 November 1492), also known as Mawlanā Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Rahmān...
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    The Nur al-Din Madrasa (Arabic: الْمَدْرَسَةُ النُّورِيَّة, romanized: al-Madrasah an-Nūrīyah) is a funerary madrasa in Damascus, Syria. It is in the...
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  • Nur al-Din Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Hasani al-Samhudi (Arabic: علي بن أحمد السمهودي), better known as Nur al-Din al-Samhudi (Arabic: نور الدين السمهودي)...
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  • Nur al-Din `Ali ibn Abi Bakr ibn Sulayman, Abu al-Hasan al-Haythami (Arabic: نور الدين الهيثمي, commonly known as Nur al-Din al-Haythami was a famous...
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    Zengi's son Nur al-Din Zengi, who had designs on Damascus; when the Second Crusade besieged the city in 1148, Nur al-Din forced Mu'in al-Din and the Burids...
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  • Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad II (نورالدین محمد) or ʾAʿlā Muḥammad (اعلی محمد) (542 AH/1148 CE-607 AH/1210 CE) was the Nizari Isma'ili Imām of Alamūt who reigned...
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    the Zengid ruler Nur ad-Din. With their original purpose being to help restore Shawar as the vizier to the teenage Fatimid caliph al-Adid, a power struggle...
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    Nur al-Din Bimaristan (Arabic: البيمارستان النوري) is a large Muslim medieval bimaristan ("hospital") in Damascus, Syria. It is located in the al-Hariqa...
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    al-Din Mas'ud, son of Qutb al-Din Mawdud, 1180–1193 Nur al-Din Arslan Shah I, son of Izz al-Din Mas'ud, 1193–1211 Izz al-Din Mas'ud II, son of Nur al-Din...
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    successor of Sayf al-Din Ghazi I. At the death of Zengi, his possessions were divided between his sons: Nur al-Din received Aleppo and Saif al-Din Ghazi Mosul...
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  • The Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement (Arabic: حركة نور الدين الزنكي Ḥaraka Nūr ad-Dīn az-Zankī) was a Sunni Islamist rebel group involved in the Syrian Civil...
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  • both the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Sunni ruler of Syria, Nur al-Din, to advance their own designs on the country. The Crusaders repeatedly...
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  • ad-Din Mizan ud-Din Mohy al-Din Mohyeddin Moinuddin Muhib ud-Din Mu'iz ad-Din Muslih ud-Din Najm al-Din Nasir al-Din Nazimuddin Nizam al-Din Nur al-Din Qamar...
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    became vassals of the Zengids during the reign of Nur al-Din Zengi (r. 1146–1174). Kara Aslan's son Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad allied with the Ayyubid sultan Saladin...
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  • Dara Nur al-Din is an Iraqi judge and politician who served as the Minister of Justice from February 2008 to December 2010. A Sunni Kurd, Nur al-Din was...
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  • Nūr al-Dīn ibn Isḥaq al-Biṭrūjī (Arabic: نور الدين ابن إسحاق البطروجي, died c. 1204), known in the West by the Latinized name of Alpetragius, was an Arab...
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  • Crusade. He was the eldest son of Imad al-Din Zengi of Mosul, and the elder brother of Nur ad-Din. In 1146 Imad al-Din Zengi was besieging the fortress of...
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  • Nur al-Dīn al-Sālimī (Arabic: نور الدين السالمي; c. 1286–1332 AH, 1869–1914 CE; full name Nur al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥumayd ibn Sullūm al-Sālimī)...
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    Imad al-Din Zengi (Arabic: عماد الدین زنكي; c. 1085 – 14 September 1146), also romanized as Zangi, Zengui, Zenki, and Zanki, was a Turkoman atabeg of the...
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  • two of the greatest Muslim generals of the 12th century, Nur ad-Din and Saladin. Ismat ad-Din is a laqab (the descriptive part of an Arabic name) meaning...
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    Noor (name) (redirect from Nur (name))
    is Nur al-Amin, meaning light of the trustworthy Nur al-Din, that is Nur al-Din, meaning light of the religion/faith Nur ul-Hasan, that is Nur al-Hasan...
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    The Nur Al-Din Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع نُور ٱلدِّين, romanized: Jāmiʿ Nūr ad-Dīn, transliteration: Jami Nur al-Din) is a Zengid-era mosque in Hama, Syria...
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    Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (Arabic: فخر الدين الرازي) or Fakhruddin Razi (Persian: فخر الدين رازی) (1149 or 1150 – 1209), often known by the sobriquet Sultan...
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    Nur al-Din Kahala (Arabic: نور الدين كحالة; also known as Nureddin Kahalle; ‎ 1908–1965) was a Syrian politician during the United Arab Republic (UAR)...
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    Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith "Leader of the Believers in Hadith". He was born in Cairo in 1372, the son of the Shafi'i scholar and poet Nur ad-Din 'Ali...
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    Nur al-Din Arslan Shah I (or Arslan Shah) was the Zengid Emir of Mosul 1193–1211. He was successor of Izz al-Din Mas'ud. He was appointed by the Ayyubids...
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  • arrived in Egypt alongside his uncle Shirkuh on a campaign launched by Nur al-Din. He would rise to prominence under Shirkuh eventually succeeding him as...
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