Islam Museum Islam Museum islam.museum
Search ⌕ ARENUR
Accessibility
Text size 100%

Saved on this device only — nothing is sent anywhere.

ناصر الدين محمد بن شيركوه

ناصر الدين محمد بن شيركوه

c. August 1185 CE · 9 Dhu al-Hijja 581 AH

Al-Malik Nasir al-Din Muhammad b. Asad al-Din Shirkuh, lord of Homs and Salah al-Din's cousin; a brave, daring knight with his eye on sultanate. Some say drink killed him, others that poison was fed him; he died on the day of Arafa, 581 1.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
noble
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
Review
Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it

Life in time

107511001125115011751200122512501275 c. c. c. c. c. c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Summary

Lord of Homs — al-Malik Nasir al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Malik Asad al-Din Shirkuh, Salah al-Din's cousin. He was a brave, daring horseman with ambitions for the sultanate; some said wine killed him, others that he was fed poison. He died on the day of 'Arafa 581. 1

Connections

Explore the connections

Child of
أسد الدين شيركوه

People and things also explored

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· نجم الدين أيوب· أسد الدين شيركوه

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 753
Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “ناصر الدين محمد بن شيركوه”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/nasir-al-din-muhammad-ibn-shirkuh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · JSON

Wing

People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story. Related

death of Asad al-Dīn Shīrkūh — Saladin chosen vizier in his place

Shīrkūh died days into his vizierate — said to have choked on the rich marrow he loved. Al-ʿĀḍid invested his nephew Saladin Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, the youngest of the emirs, because the Nūrid commanders had written recommending him: they saw his humility, his good conduct, his kindness to his companions.