Sayf al-Din Ghazi II

Emir of Mosul Sayf al-Din Ghazi IIEmir of MosulCoinage of Saif ad-Din (r.1170-1180), Zengid ruler of Mosul. Dated 569 H (1173-1174 CE). Obverse: Draped male bust facing slightly left, wearing foreknot; above, winged figures; AH date in fields. Reverse: Name and title of Saif al-Din Ghazi II in four lines and in margins.Zengid Atabeg of MosulReign1170-1180PredecessorQutb al-Din MawdudSuccessorIzz ad-Din Mas'udBorn1149Died1180 (aged 31)NamesSayf al-Din Ghazi II ibn Qutb al-Din Mawdud ibn Imad al-Din ZengiHouseZengid DynastyFatherQutb al-Din MawdudReligionSunni Islam Sayf al-Din Ghazi (II) ibn Mawdud (Arabic: سيف الدين غازي بن مودود, romanized: Sayf ad-Dīn Ghāzī ibn Mawdūd, died 1180) was a Zangid Emir of Mosul, the nephew of Nur ad-Din Zengi. He became Emir of Mosul in 1170 after the death of his father Qutb ad-Din Mawdud. Saif had been chosen as the successor under the advice of eunuch ’Abd al-Rahim, who wanted to keep the effective rule in lieu of the young emir; the disinherited son of Mawdud, Imad ad-Din Zengi II, fled to Aleppo at the court of Nur ad-Din. The latter, who was waiting for an excuse to annex Mosul, conquered Sinjar and Tal Afar in September