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The Imad family is named for al-Amadiyyah, near Mosul in northern Iraq and, like the Jumblatt family, is thought to be of Kurdish origin. [2]Some unconfirmed sources allege that the roots of Family Imad ancestors are associated with those of Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087; † 1146), who was in turn the Atabeg of Mosul from 1127 to his death in 1146.
Imad al-Din or Imad ad-Din (Arabic: عماد الدين, romanized: ʿImād al-Dīn), also Imad ud-din, is a male Muslim given name meaning "pillar of the religion, faith", composed from the nouns ‘imad, meaning pillar, and al-Din, of the faith. [1] [2] This theophoric name is formed from the Arabic male given name Imad.
The caliph then gave him the title of "Mu'izz al-Dawla", while Ali and Hasan were given the titles of "Imad al-Dawla" and "Rukn al-Dawla", respectively. By 948 Rukn al-Dawla had also secured his position in central Iran, causing a clear definition of the borders of the Buyid state. [13] Imad al-Dawla was not the master of the entire Buyid empire.
A heavily fictionalised version of Imad ad-Din is portrayed in the 2005 Ridley Scott epic film Kingdom of Heaven, by actor Alexander Siddig. Imad ad-Din is also portrayed in "The Book of Saladin: A Novel" by Tariq Ali - the second instalment of what is known as the "Islam Quintet".
Ismail, son of Ibrahim; Ismail ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi al-Muhajir (683-754), governor of North Africa under the Umayyad Caliphate; Isma'il ibn Jafar, Imam of Ismaili Shia's; Isma'il ibn Musa al-Hadi was an Abbasid prince, son of caliph Al-Hadi (r. 785–786).
In modern usage, since the 19th century, it has come to mean "state", in particular a secular state of the Western type as opposed to the dynastic or religion-based state systems current until then in the Islamic world. [2] Gold dinar of al-Muqtadir with the names of his heir, Abu'l-Abbas, and vizier, Amid al-Dawla
Idris Imad al-Din ibn al-Hasan al-Qurashi (Arabic: إدريس عماد الدين بن الحسن القرشي, romanized: ʾIdrīs ʿImād al-Dīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Qurashī; 1392 – 10 June 1468) was the 19th Da'i al-Mutlaq of Tayyibi Isma'ilis from 1428 to 1468.
Imad al-Din Zengi (1085–1146), Turkish noble . Zengid dynasty, a Muslim dynasty of Oghuz Turkic origin; Nur ad-Din (died 1174) (Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī), his second son