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...

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...

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...

during Shirkuh's invasion and Shawar was restored as vizier. Shawar immediately expelled Shirkuh and allied with Amalric, who arrived to besiege Shirkuh at...

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...

ad-Din Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Asad ad-Din Shirkuh (sometimes referred to as Nasr ad-Din ibn Shirkuh and al-Malik al-Qahir) was the Kurdish Ayyubid...

ad-Din, who sent his general Shirkuh to settle the dispute in 1164. In response Dirgham sought help from Amalric, but Shirkuh and Shawar arrived before Amalric...

general Shirkuh to counter the Crusaders. For a while, Shawar played the Crusaders and Syrians against one another, but in January 1169, Shirkuh overthrew...

Mamluk Rule. Muhammad ibn Shirkuh, son of Shirkuh (uncle of Saladin), 1178–1186 Al-Mujahid Shirkuh, son of Muhammad ibn Shirkuh, 1186–1240 Al-Mansur Ibrahim...

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...

vizier, from December 1162 until his assassination in 1169 by the general Shirkuh, the uncle of the future Ayyubid leader Saladin, with whom he was engaged...

Syria, Upper Mesopotamia, the Hejaz, Yemen, and Nubia. Alongside his uncle Shirkuh, a Kurdish Mercenary commander in service of the Zengid dynasty, Saladin...

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...

Shirkuh Mahalleh (Persian: شيركوه محله, also Romanized as Shīrkūh Maḩalleh) is a village in Malfejan Rural District, in the Central District of Siahkal...

Shirkuh-e Chahardeh (Persian: شيركوه چهارده) is a village in, and the capital of, Chahardeh Rural District of the Central District of Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh...

Ayyubid dynasty. Ayyub was the son of Shadhi ibn Marwan and brother of Shirkuh. The family belonged to the tribe of Revend or Revendi, also Kurdish Rawadiya...

Nur ad-Din, who complied and, in 1164, sent Shirkuh to aid Shawar in his expedition against Dirgham. Shirkuh's nephew Saladin, at age 26, went along with...

Al-Shamiyah al-Kubra Madrasa. Born in Damascus, she was the wife of Muhammad ibn Shirkuh of Homs. Some historians are confused regarding her name; they think it...

besieged Shirkuh in Bilbeis for three months; at the end of this time, owing to the successes of Nureddin in Syria, the Franks granted Shirkuh a free passage...

Shirkuh castle (Persian: قلعه شیرکوه) is a historical castle located in Qazvin County in Qazvin Province, The longevity of this fortress dates back to...

Shirkuh (Persian: شيركوه, also Romanized as Shīrkūh and Shīr Kūh) is a village in Alamut-e Bala Rural District, Rudbar-e Alamut District, Qazvin County...

Sherko Moarefi (1980–November 4, 2013) was a Kurdish activist and political prisoner who was executed in Saghez prison in Iran. Moarefi was arrested by...

also Romanized as Ḩoseynābād; also known as ’oseynābād) is a village in Shirkuh Rural District, in the Central District of Taft County, Yazd Province,...

Shirkuh Rural District (Persian: دهستان شيركوه) is in the Central District of Taft County, Yazd province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Tezerjan...

Asad ad-Din Shirkuh II or Shirkuh II, was the Kurdish Ayyubid emir of Homs from 1186 to 1240. He was the son of An-Nasir Muhammad ibn Shirkuh, grandson...

Anglo-Norman dominance of Ireland. Spring – A Zangid expedition under General Shirkuh accompanied by his nephew Saladin invades Egypt. King Amalric I of Jerusalem...

Muslim masculine given name of Arabic origin and may refer to: Asad ad-Din Shirkuh (died 1169), Kurdish vizier Asaduddin Bahram Khan, medieval Bengali poet...

Crusader-Fatimid force was to meet Shirkuh's army in the indecisive Battle of al-Babein on 18 March 1167. In 1169, both Shawar and Shirkuh died, and al-Adid appointed...

Turan-Shah, an elder brother of Saladin. Sezgin Erdemir as Asad ad-Din Shirkuh, the brother of Ayyub ibn Shadi and uncle of Saladin. Dilin Döğer as Süreyya...

Accordingly, Nur ad-Din sent his lieutenant Shirkuh with an army to support the Egyptian vizier. While Shirkuh campaigned in Egypt, Nur ad-Din mounted an...