Imad ad-Din Zengi II

Abul Fatah Imad ad-Din al-Malik al-Adil Zengi Ibn Moudud (Arabic: أبو الفتح عماد الدين "الملك العادل" زنكي بن مودود; died 1197), better known as Imad ad-Din Zengi II, was an emir of the Sinjar-based Zengid dynasty and the first son of Qutb al-Din Mawdud.

[clarification needed] His father died on September 6, 1170, disinheriting him and designating his second son Sayf al-Din Ghazi II as his successor.

Contrary to Imad ad-Din's hopes, he maintained control of the city on his own, appointing a vizier there, Gumushtekin, and left the title of the emir of Mosul to Sayf al-Din.

The city is said to be impregnable, its inhabitants and defenders did not hesitate to raid Saladin's army and Imad ad-Din was able to call on his brother Izz ad-Din Mas'ud or the Franks to force Saladin to lift the siege, but he preferred to negotiate and concluded on June 12, 1183, the exchange of Aleppo for the cities of Sinjar, Nisibis, Al-Khabur, Ar-Raqqah, and Seruj.

Imad ad-Din Zengi left the city to the boos of the Aleppo people, who had always been loyal to the Zengids and who were ashamed of their emir's resignation.

Coinage of Imad al Din Zengi II. Dated AH 583 (1187-88 CE). Double headed eagle with the name and titles of the Abbasid caliph al Nasir on breast; mint and date around / Four line legend citing Zengi; tamghas at sides. ^{[

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