- Asad ad-Dīn
Shīrkūh bin Shādhī (Kurdish: ئەسەدەدین شێرکۆ, romanized: Esed El-Dîn Şêrko; Arabic: أسد الدين شيركوه بن شاذي), also
known as
Shirkuh, or Şêrko...
- Syria,
Upper Mesopotamia, the Hejaz, Yemen, and Nubia.
Alongside his
uncle Shirkuh, a
Kurdish mercenary commander in
service of the
Zengid dynasty, Saladin...
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arrived in
Egypt alongside his
uncle Shirkuh on a
campaign launched by Nur al-Din. He
would rise to
prominence under Shirkuh eventually succeeding him as vizier...
- a
Zengid army
under Shirkuh, both
hoped to take the
control of
Egypt over from the
Fatimid Caliphate.
Saladin served as
Shirkuh’s highest-ranking officer...
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Egypt in 1167-68 with the
intention to
conquer it, but it fell to
Shirkuh instead.
Shirkuh died in 1169, and
Amalric launched an
invasion in
concert with...
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Shirkuh or Shir Kuh or
ShirKooh (Persian: شيركوه) in Iran may
refer to: Shir Kuh,
Gilan Shirkuh, Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh,
Gilan province Shirkuh-e Chahardeh...
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while Shirkuh pursued Crusader forces in
Lower Egypt.
Shawar died in 1169 and
Shirkuh became vizier, but he too died
later that year.
After Shirkuh's death...
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during Shirkuh's invasion and
Shawar was
restored as vizier.
Shawar immediately expelled Shirkuh and
allied with Amalric, who
arrived to
besiege Shirkuh at...
- of Jerusalem.
Shawar then
argued with
Shirkuh, and
allied with the
Crusader king,
Amalric I, who
attacked Shirkuh at Bilbeis, in August–October 1164. The...
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general Shirkuh to
counter the Crusaders. For a while,
Shawar pla**** the
Crusaders and
Syrians against one another, but in
January 1169,
Shirkuh overthrew...
