Asad al-Din Shirkuh M / L XII
اسد الدين شيركوه (Shirkuh 101)
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Narrative
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Authorship
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Death
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He died soon after he gained supreme power in Egypt, and was replaced by
Saladin 101
successu non est diu laetatus. William of Tyre bk. 20, 10.56-59
Description
(2)
A man determined on the destruction of Christians
vir in nostram argumentosus perniciem. William of Tyre bk. 19, 11.44
He was the general of
Nur al-Din 4001
, hard-working, ambitious and experienced, very popular because of his generosity; by 1164 he was elderly, short and very fat, with a cataract in one eye; he worked his way from poverty to riches, and had unusual tolerance of heat and hunger
... erat autem homo iam senior, pusillus statura, pinguis multum et corpulentior, ex humili locupletior factus .... William of Tyre bk. 19, 5.39-49
Dignity/Office
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Sultan of Egypt
soldanus. William of Tyre bk. 20, 10.32
Education
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Kinship
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brother of
Najm al-Din 101
fratris. William of Tyre bk. 20, 11.1
father of
Muhammad 108
(ولده). Ibn Shaddad 302
uncle of
Saladin 101
(nepos). William of Tyre bk. 19, 25.38, bk. 21 6.2
patruo. William of Tyre bk. 21, 6.2
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Location
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Alexandria
after the battle of Lamonia, occupied Alexandria; Alexandriam. William of Tyre bk. 19, 26.2-3
Artah (Syria)
demanded Artah as a present from
Nur al-Din 4001
and received it; أرتاح. Ibn Shaddad 302
Babylon (Egypt)
on returning to Babylon, he concluded that he should sue for peace; Babilonem. William of Tyre bk. 19, 29.7
Baghdad
he went to Baghdad to enlist the aid of
Anonymus 1059
; Baldac. William of Tyre bk. 19, 13.7
Bilbeis
he was besieged for a long time in Bilbeis, and finally capitulated on terms; Belbeis. William of Tyre bk. 19, 7.28-35
Cairo
he murdered
Shawar 101
outside Cairo; Cahere. William of Tyre bk. 20, 10.4
Chus (in Upper Egypt)
he made an attack on Chus, but had no time to complete the siege; Chus. William of Tyre bk. 19, 29.2
Lamonia (Egypt)
fought an indecisive battle in the desert against
Amalric 51
near Lamonia; Lamonia. William of Tyre bk. 19, 25.26
Nile
before
Amalric 51
could intercept him, he had crossed the Nile; Nilum. William of Tyre bk. 20, 9.48
forestalled
Amalric 51
by crossing the Nile; fluvium. William of Tyre bk. 19, 16, tit
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