Al-Mujahid

Al-Mujahid
Emir of Homs
The Governor of al-Rahba. Ayyubid period. Maqamat of al-Hariri, Baghdad (1237). The red beard denotes foreigness.
Reign1186–1240
PredecessorMuhammad ibn Shirkuh
SuccessorAl-Mansur Ibrahim
Born1173
DiedFebruary 1240
DynastyAyyubid
ReligionSunni Islam

Al Malik Al-Mujahid Asad ad-Din Shirkuh II or 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 cousin once removed of Saladin.[1] His domains also included Palmyra and ar-Rahba.[2] Al Mujahid became emir at the age of thirteen when his father died unexpectedly in Homs on 4 March 1186 (10 Dhu’l Hijja 581).[3][4]

  1. ^ Lane-Poole, S. The Mohammedan Dynasties, Constable & Co. London 1894, p.77
  2. ^ Runciman S. Hunyadi Z., Laszlovszky J., The Crusades and the Military Orders: Expanding the Frontier of Medieval Latin Christianity, CEU Medievalia, 2001,p.62
  3. ^ Ibn Khallikan’s Biographical Dictionary Vol 1, Cosimo Inc. 2010 p.627
  4. ^ Humphreys, R.S. From Saladin to the Mongols: The Ayyubids of Damascus 1193-1260, SUNY Press 1977 p.58

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