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Shawar, lord of Egypt. The source describes him as one who kept seeking help from others 2.
He sought the help of the Franks against Asad al-Din Shirkuh in the year 562 AH, and they entered by way of Damietta. In the year 564 AH he burned Fustat out of fear of the Franks, when they besieged Cairo, and then he wrote to Nur al-Din asking him for help 2.
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al-Adid li-Din Allah, last Ubaydid caliph· أسد الدين شيركوه· Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi· Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub)· Cairo· Misr (Egypt)· Shirkuh enters Egypt, Shawar is killed, and Shirkuh takes the vizierate
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
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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islam.museum contributors. “شاور صاحب مصر”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/shawar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-18.