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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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during Shirkuh's invasion and Shawar was restored as vizier. Shawar immediately expelled Shirkuh and allied with Amalric, who arrived to besiege Shirkuh at...
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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...
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general Shirkuh to counter the Crusaders. For a while, Shawar played the Crusaders and Syrians against one another, but in January 1169, Shirkuh overthrew...
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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...
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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...
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Syria, Upper Mesopotamia, the Hejaz, Yemen, and Nubia. Alongside his uncle Shirkuh, a Kurdish Mercenary commander in service of the Zengid dynasty, Saladin...
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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...
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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...
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Shirkuh Mahalleh (Persian: شيركوه محله, also Romanized as Shīrkūh Maḩalleh) is a village in Malfejan Rural District, in the Central District of Siahkal...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Shirkuh castle (Persian: قلعه شیرکوه) is a historical castle located in Qazvin County in Qazvin Province, The longevity of this fortress dates back to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sherko Moarefi (redirect from Shirkuh Moa’refi)
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...
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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...
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Shirkuh Rural District (Persian: دهستان شيركوه) is in the Central District of Taft County, Yazd province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Tezerjan...
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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...
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also Romanized as Ḩoseynābād; also known as ’oseynābād) is a village in Shirkuh Rural District, in the Central District of Taft County, Yazd Province,...
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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...
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Al-Mujahid (redirect from Shirkuh II)
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...
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Anglo-Norman dominance of Ireland. Spring – A Zangid expedition under General Shirkuh accompanied by his nephew Saladin invades Egypt. King Amalric I of Jerusalem...
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Shir Kuh or Shirkuh (Persian: شیرکوه) is a high peak (4,055 m or 13,304 ft) in central Iran about 40 km (25 mi) south-west of the city of Yazd in Yazd...
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