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Shirkuh

Kurdish Zengid general and uncle of Saladin

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Details

Instance of: human
Born: 1110s
Died: 23 March 1169
Conflict: Crusader invasions of Egypt
Place of birth: Ayrarat
Place of death: Cairo
Sex or gender: male
Father: Shadhi ibn Marwan
Child: Muhammad ibn Shirkuh
Sibling: Najm ad-Din Ayyub
Occupation: military leader, politician
Position held: Vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate
Citizenship: Seljuk Empire, Fatimid Caliphate
Native language: Kurdish
Religion: Sunni Islam
cause of death: peritonsillar abscess
ethnic group: Kurds
family: Ayyubid dynasty
languages spoken, written or signed: Kurdish, Arabic
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: أسد الدين شيركوه بن شاذي
official name: Assad al-Dīn Shirkūh
relative: Saladin

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Parent of

Muhammad ibn Shirkuh

Child of

Shadhi ibn Marwan

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