Asad ad-Dīn Shīrkūh bin Shādhī (Kurdish: ئەسەددین شێرکۆ, romanized: Esed El-Dîn Şêrko; Arabic: أسد الدين شيركوه بن شاذي), also known as Shirkuh, or Şêrko...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

dispatched Shirkuh to lead an expeditionary force to prevent the Crusaders from establishing a strong presence in an increasingly anarchic Egypt. Shirkuh enlisted...

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...

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...

Syria, Upper Mesopotamia, the Hejaz, Yemen, and Nubia. Alongside his uncle Shirkuh, a general of the Zengid dynasty, Saladin was sent to Fatimid Egypt in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Crusaders to leave Egypt again, Shirkuh finally had Shawar murdered in 1169, with the agreement of Caliph al-Adid. Shirkuh himself was appointed as al-Adid's...

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

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

Shir Kuh (Persian: شيركوه, also Romanized as Shīr Kūh; also known as Shīrākūh and Shirkukh) is a village in Rahmatabad Rural District, Rahmatabad and Blukat...

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