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Mu'in al-Din Unur
Mu'in al-Din Unur was a Turkish mamluk commander who governed Damascus as atabeg for the last Burid rulers from about 1138 until his death in 1149. To resist Zengi of Aleppo and Mosul he allied with the Kingdom of Jerusalem, yet the Second Crusade besieged Damascus in July 1148 and withdrew after five days. His daughter married Zengi's son Nur al-Din.
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