imad ad-din zengi new atabeg of musol sent army end troubles, ruled in name of seljuq sultan mahmud ii death led civil war, zengi didn t declare independence , stood mas ud seljuq sultan of iraq ruling in name, sultan decided eliminate zengi , called upon him show in presence, zengi warned , declined show becoming virtually independent.
zengi reconciled sultan , recognized authority, in practice independent in name.
nur al-din mahmud son of zengi inherited aleppo, took title of king (malik) , used title of emir, formally zengid subordinate seljuq sultans of iraq (hamedan), firstly mas ud malik-shah iii followed muhammad ii, nur al-din kept using atabeg title although independent seljuq empire disintegrated after 1156, , sultans had fight in iraq keep whats left of authority, muhammad ii last sultan hold real authority, attacked baghdad aided nur al-din brother mawdud, muhammad ii death in 1159 , fact successor suleiman shah captive of mawdud ended real authority of seljuq sultans, nur al-din held khutbah in name of abbasid caliph, enemy of seljuqs cutting links them.
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