Asad al-Din Shīrkūh | Arabian military officer | Britannica (original) (raw)

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campaigns with Saladin

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  In Saladin: Early life and military career
  …the staff of his uncle Asad al-Dīn Shīrkūh, an important military commander under the emir Nūr al-Dīn, who was the son and successor of Zangī. During three military expeditions led by Shīrkūh into Egypt to prevent its falling to the Latin Christian (Frankish) rulers of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem,…
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invasion of Egypt against Crusaders

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  In Crusades: The Crusader states to 1187
  …Nūr al-Dīn sent his lieutenant Shīrkūh to Egypt accompanied by his own nephew, Saladin, King Amalric decided to intervene. After some maneuvering, the armies of both Amalric and Shīrkūh withdrew, as they were to do again three years later.
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