Nasir al-Din Mahmud
Emir of Mosul
Coin of Mahmud II, mint of Mossul, depicting a female with two winged victories, 1223.
Rule1219 – 1234
PredecessorNur al-Din Arslan Shah II
SuccessorBadr al-Din Lu'lu' (as Mamluk emir of Mosul)
Born1216
Died1234
HouseZengid
ReligionSunni Islam

Nasir al-Din Mahmud, born in 1216, was the Zengid hereditary Emir of Mosul from 1219 to 1234 (died 18 years old). He was successor to his brother Nur al-Din Arslan Shah II, and was only three years old when he ascended the throne.[1] He was the last Zengid ruler of Mosul, and remained under the control of the atabeg of Mosul, Badr al-Din Lu'lu'.[1] Badr al-Din Lu'lu' may have assassinated the young ruler 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.[2]

Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 616-631 (1219-1234 CE) al-Mawsil mint. Dated AH 627 (1231-2 CE). Obverse: Crowned Turkic figure, holding crescent-circle, seated facing between two stars; mint formula and AH date around. Reverse: Kalima and name and titles of Abbasid caliph in five lines; name and titles of Nasir al-Din Mahmud in outer margin.[3]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Patton, Douglas (1991). "Badr al-Dīn Lu'lu' and the Establishment of a mamluk Government in Mosul". Studia Islamica (74): 86. doi:10.2307/1595898. ISSN 0585-5292.
  2. ^ Patton, pp.152-155
  3. ^ Whelan Type III, 189-90; S&S Type 67; Album 1870.2.

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Regnal titles Preceded byNur al-Din Arslan Shah II Emir of Mosul 1219–1234 Succeeded byBadr al-Din Lu'lu' (non-dynastic)

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