Qutb al-Din Mawdud

Qutb al-Din Mawdud
Emir of Mosul
Coinage of Qutb al Din Mawdud. 1149-1170. Dated AH 556 (1160-1161 CE). Facing male bust with two winged beings above (Sol in eclipse?); date around / Four line legend giving the laqab, or titles of Mawdud, and his ism and nasab, or genealogy back two generations.[1]
Zengid Emir of Mosul
Reign1149–1169
PredecessorSayf al-Din Ghazi I[2]
SuccessorSayf al-Din Ghazi II
Born1123
Died1170 (aged 47)
IssueSayf al-Din Ghazi II , Imad al-Din Zengi II
Names
Qutb al-Din Mawdud ibn Imad al-Din Zengi
HouseZengid Dynasty
FatherImad al-Din Zengi
ReligionSunni Islam

Qutb al-Din Mawdud (died 6 September 1170) was the Zengid Emir of Mosul from 1149 to 1169. He was the son of Imad al-Din Zengi and brother and successor of Sayf al-Din Ghazi I.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Copper alloy dirham of Qutb al-Din Mawdud ibn Zengi, al-Mawsil, 556 H. 1917.215.1000". numismatics.org. American Numismatic Society.
  2. ^ "I. Seyfeddin Gazi". Anadolu Üniversitesi. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  3. ^ "MEVDÛD b. İMÂDÜDDİN ZENGÎ". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Archived from the original on 22 November 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  4. ^ Bosworth 1996, p. 190
    "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 (...)
    2. The line in Damascus and then Aleppo
    *541/1147 Mahmud b. Zangi, Abu ’1-Qasim al-Malik al-'Adil Nur al-Din, in Aleppo and then Damascus (...)"