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- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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Overview
Asad al-Din Shirkuh, amir of Nur al-Din. He equipped him with two thousand horsemen for Egypt in 562 AH. 2
His two campaigns in Egypt
He fought the Egyptians and the Franks and was victorious despite the smallness of his army, and killed thousands of the Franks, and collected the land-tax of Upper Egypt. 2
He then came with his armies in 564 AH, and al-Adid appointed him vizier. He died sixty-five days later, and his nephew Salah al-Din succeeded him. 2
Notes
- The source here is al-Suyuti's "History of the Caliphs"; it needs an additional source, including the "Wafayat al-A'yan" listed in the sources without a page.
Connections
- Sibling of
- نجم الدين أيوب
- Parent of
- ناصر الدين محمد بن شيركوه
- Participated in
- death of Asad al-Dīn Shīrkūh — Saladin chosen vizier in his place· The Burning of al-Fustat, the Vizierate of Shirkuh, then Salah al-Din· Shirkuh enters Egypt, Shawar is killed, and Shirkuh takes the vizierate· Asad al-Din Shirkuh's first expedition to Egypt
People and things also explored
Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub)· al-Adid li-Din Allah, last Ubaydid caliph· Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi· Cairo· Najm al-Din ibn al-Adil given Khilat· شاذي بن مروان· شاور صاحب مصر· Al-Fustat
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 679-680
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.679-680
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “أسد الدين شيركوه”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/asad-al-din-shirkuh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.