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unusual facts about Izz ad-Din Mas'ud


Izz ad-Din Mas'ud

He knew he couldn't keep Aleppo and Mosul under his governance, as the eyes of Salahu'd-Din were on Aleppo, so he reached an agreement with his brother Imad ad-Din Zengi II the governor of Sinjar to exchange Sinjar with Aleppo; in 1182 Izz ad-Din became the governor of Sinjar, in 1193 he went back to Mosul where he got sick and died.


Abdallah al-Asbah

He participated in the Great Syrian Revolt against French colonial forces in Syria in 1925, in Al-Qassam Revolt (Izz ad-Din al-Qassam) in Palestine in 1935, and the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.

Eskandar II

In 1344, the Sarbadar ruler Wajih ad-Din Mas'ud, sought to increase his territorial domains, and thus in 1344 invaded the domains of the Bavandid Hasan II of Tabaristan and Eskandar II in Mazandaran with several hostile minor dynasties allied against him.

Wajih ad-Din Mas'ud

Jajarm, Damghan, Simnan, and Gurgan were then occupied, and Togha Temur and his personal following fled to Mazandaran.

When the Bavandids attacked his rear, however, and the Paduspanid Eskandar II met him at his front, Mas'ud was surrounded.


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