Nasir ad-Din Mahmud

This article is about the Zengid emir of Mosul. For other uses, see Nasiruddin Mahmud.

Nasir al-Din Mahmud, born in 1216, was the Zengid hereditary Emir of Mosul from 1219 to 1234 (died 18 years old). He was successor to his brother Nur al-Din Arslan Shah II, and was only three years old when he ascended the throne.^[1] He was the last Zengid ruler of Mosul, and remained under the control of the atabeg of Mosul, Badr al-Din Lu'lu'.^[1] Badr al-Din Lu'lu' may have assassinated the young ruler 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.^[2]

Nasir al-Din Mahmud. AH 616-631 (1219-1234 CE) al-Mawsil mint. Dated AH 627 (1231-2 CE). Obverse: Crowned Turkic figure, holding crescent-circle, seated facing between two stars; mint formula and AH date around. Reverse: Kalima and name and titles of Abbasid caliph in five lines; name and titles of Nasir al-Din Mahmud in outer margin.^[3]

Nasir al-Din Mahmud
Emir of Mosul
Coin of Mahmud II, mint of Mossul, depicting a female with two winged victories, 1223.
Rule	1219 – 1234
Predecessor	Nur al-Din Arslan Shah II
Successor	Badr al-Din Lu'lu' (as Mamluk emir of Mosul)
Born	1216
Died	1234
House	Zengid
Religion	Sunni Islam