Nasir ad-Din Mahmud
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Nasir al-Din Mahmud | |
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Emir of Mosul | |
![]() Coin of Mahmud II, mint of Mossul, depicting a female with two winged victories, 1223. | |
Reign | 1219-1234 |
Predecessor | Nur al-Din Arslan Shah II |
Successor | Badr al-Din Lu'lu' (as Mamluk emir of Mosul) |
Died | 1234 |
House | Zengid Dynasty |
Nasir al-Din Mahmud (or Mahmud II) was the Zengid Emir of Mosul 1219–1234. He was successor of and was the last Zengid ruler of Mosul. Contemporary historians state that he was killed by the atabeg of Mosul, Badr al-Din Lu'lu', following the death of his maternal grandfather the Emir of Erbil, Muzaffar al-Din Gökböri. Lu'lu' then began to rule Mosul in his own right.[1]
Citations[]
- ^ Patton, pp.152-155
Bibliography[]
- Patton, D. (1988) Ibn al-Sāʿi's Account of the Last of the Zangids, Zeitschrift der Deutschen, Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Vol. 138, No. 1, pp. 148-158, Harrassowitz Verlag Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43377738 [1]
See also[]
Categories:
- 1234 deaths
- Zengid emirs of Mosul
- 13th-century monarchs in the Middle East
- Middle Eastern royalty stubs