BEGTEGINLER

(Erbil Türkmen Atabegs)

539-630             According to the Islamic Calendar

1144-1233          According to the Gregorian Calendar

In 1144 (539), Imameddin Zenni appointed Zeyneddin Ali Kucuk Beg, one of the army commanders, as the new governer of Mosul. In 1149 (544) he came under the control of the ruler of Sincar. Later he took over Harran, Tekrit, Erbil (Arbelum) and other lands as ruler. After Zeyneddin’s death at Erbil in 1168 (563), his son Muzafareddin Gökboru, because