Nur al-Din Arslan Shah II (r.1218-1219) was the son and successor of Izz al-Din Mas'ud II, as Zengid dynasty ruler of the Mosul region in modern Iraq. He was under the control of a regent or atabeg, in the person of the mamluk, Badr al-Dīn Lū'lū'.[2][3]
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References
edit- ^ Album 1868 RR (’dated 615 only’).
- ^ Patton, Douglas (1991). "Badr al-Dīn Lu'lu' and the Establishment of a mamluk Government in Mosul". Studia Islamica (74): 81. doi:10.2307/1595898. ISSN 0585-5292.
- ^ Rice, D. S. (1953). "The Aghānī Miniatures and Religious Painting in Islam". The Burlington Magazine. 95 (601): 130. ISSN 0007-6287.
Sources
editCanby, Sheila R.; Beyazit, Deniz; Rugiadi, Martina; Peacock, A. C. S. (27 April 2016). Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 60, item 10. ISBN 978-1-58839-589-4.