أسد الدين شيركوه

أسد الدين شيركوه

Nur al-Din's amir; his expeditions of 562 and 564 beat Franks and Egyptians, won him the vizierate from al-Adid — and death sixty-five days later, his nephew succeeding {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 679-680}.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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حريق الفسطاط ووزارة شيركوه ثم صلاح الدين· بعثة أسد الدين شيركوه الأولى إلى مصر

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صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب الملك الناصر· العاضد لدين الله آخر خلفاء بني عبيد· نور الدين محمود بن زنكي· Al-Fustat· حريق الفسطاط ووزارة شيركوه ثم صلاح الدين· بعثة أسد الدين شيركوه الأولى إلى مصر

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  • Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition)
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صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب الملك الناصر

Shirkuh's nephew, who held Alexandria four months in 562, took Egypt's vizierate as al-Malik al-Nasir in 564, ended the Ubaydid khutba in Muharram 567 after the Ajami al-Amir al-Alim led it, sold the palace treasures over ten years, crucified the restoration plotters of 569, and ordered Cairo's great wall, the Muqattam citadel and al-Shafi'i's turba {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 679-685}.