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al-Malik al-Mansur b. Shirkuh

الملك المنصور ابن شيركوه

c. July 1246 CE · c. 11 Safar 644 AH

Damascus → Hims (Emesa)

Asad al-Din Shirkuh's son (d. 11 Safar 644) — fell ill at al-Ashraf's Nirab estate outside Damascus while planning to take the city; his coffin was carried to Homs and his son al-Ashraf Musa succeeded 1.

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At a glance

Roles
emir
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

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Damascus

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Place in the story

    Sunni (transmitted)

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    Overview

    Al-Malik al-Mansur b. Asad al-Din Shirkuh, lord of Homs; resolved on taking Damascus, death surprised him in al-Malik al-Ashraf's orchard at al-Nayrab in Safar 644 — his bier was carried to Homs and he was buried beside his father; his son al-Malik al-Ashraf Musa stood over Homs after him. 1

    Connections

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    Child of
    Asad al-Din Shirkuh II of Homs
    Died in
    Damascus
    Buried in
    Hims (Emesa)

    People and things also explored

    Hims (Emesa)· Asad al-Din Shirkuh II of Homs· Damascus· the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· the Khalid shrine outside Homs· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 237
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    islam.museum contributors. “al-Malik al-Mansur b. Shirkuh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-malik-al-mansur-ibn-shirkuh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.

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    Hims (Emesa)

    A city of Syria on the Orontes; its people compounded with Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah after Damascus's fall for safety of lives, wealth, wall, churches and mills — a quarter of St John's church excepted for the mosque — at a hundred and seventy thousand dinars; when Heraclius massed for the Yarmuk the Muslims returned to its people the kharaj taken, and they preferred Muslim rule to the injustice they had known, shutting the gates against Heraclius's army as did its Jews; afterwards Hims and Qinnasrin became a single jund; Marwan ibn Muhammad demolished its wall for their defection, and its stone pavement was lifted at al-Mu'tasim's order in the days of al-Fadl ibn Qarin, then the people rebelled, killed and crucified him, and Musa ibn Bugha the Elder took the city by force in year 250.