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-Din Lu'lu', 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.[1]

Coin of Mahmud II, mint of Mossul, depicting a female with two winged victories, 1223. British Museum.

Citations

1. Patton, pp.152-155

Bibliography

• Patton, D. (1988) Ibn al-Sāʿi's Account of the Last of the Zangids, Zeitschrift der Deutschen, Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Vol. 138, No. 1, pp. 148-158, Harrassowitz Verlag Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43377738

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

See also

• Zengid dynasty