After the assassination of his father in 1146, Nur ad-Din and his older brother Saif ad-Din Ghazi I divided the kingdom between themselves, with Nur ad-Din governing Aleppo and Saif ad-Din Ghazi establishing himself in Mosul.
== Odkritje ==Asteroid je odkril avstrijski astronom Johann Palisa 8. oktobra 1879 v Pulju .