Izz al-Din Mas'ud II (r.1211–1218) was the son and successor of Nur al-Din Arslan Shah I, as

Zengid dynasty The Zengid dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Oghuz Turkic origin, which ruled parts of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia on behalf of the Seljuk Empire and eventually seized control of Egypt in 1169. In 1174 the Zengid state extended from Tripoli to ...

ruler of the

Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second large ...

region in modern

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

. He was only ten years old when he ascended the throne, and because of that was put under the control of a regent or ''

atabeg Atabeg, Atabek, or Atabey is a hereditary title of nobility of Turkic origin, indicating a governor of a nation or province who was subordinate to a monarch and charged with raising the crown prince. The first instance of the title's use was wit ...

'' by his dying father, in the person of one of his trusted ''

mamluks Mamluk ( ar, مملوك, mamlūk (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural), translated as "one who is owned", meaning "slave", also transliterated as ''Mameluke'', ''mamluq'', ''mamluke'', ''mameluk'', ''mameluke'', ''mamaluke'', or ''marmeluke'') i ...

'', Badr al-Dīn Lū'lū'. Throughout his reign, effective power was held by Badr al-Dīn Lū'lū'. He had two young sons

Nur al-Din Arslan Shah II Nur may refer to: In Islam * An-Nur, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "The Light". * Nūr (Islam), a concept, literally meaning "light" * An-Nur (The Light), the 24th chapter of the Qur'an * ''Risale-i Nur Collection'', a collection of ...

, and

Nasir ad-Din Mahmud Nasir al-Din Mahmud (or Mahmud II) was the Zengid Emir of Mosul 1219–1234. He was successor of Nur al-Din Arslan Shah II and was the last Zengid ruler of Mosul. Contemporary historians state that he was killed by the atabeg of Mosul, Badr al-D ...

, who were also put under the atabegship of Badr al-Din Lu'lu'. "1. The main line in Mosul and Aleppo: *521/1127 Zangi I b. Qasim al-Dawla Aq Sunqur, 'Imad al-Din *541/1146 Ghazi I b. Zangi I, Sayf al-Din *544/1149 Mawdud b. Zangi I, Qutb al-Din *565/1170 Ghazi II b. Mawdud, Sayf al-Dln *576/1180 Mas'ud I b. Mawdud, 'Izz al-Dln *589/1193 Arslan Shah I b. Mas'ud, Abu ’1-Harith Nur al-Dln *607/1211 Mas'ud II b. Arslan Shah, al-Malik al-Qahir 'Izz al-Dln *615/1218 Arslan Shah II b. Mas'ud II, Nur al-Dln *616/1219 Mahmud b. Mas'ud II, al-Malik al-Qahir Nasir al-Dln *631/1234 Rule in Mosul by the vizier Badr al-Din Lu’lu ’"

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