Shirkuh, Vizier · Uncle of Salah al-Din

RulerVizier · Uncle of Salah al-Din

Shirkuhأسد الدين شيركوه

Ruled 1169Cairo

Nur al-Din's general who won Egypt and became its vizier, with his nephew Salah al-Din at his side.

A Kurdish commander, he led three campaigns into Egypt to stop the Crusaders taking it. In 1169 he became vizier of the Fatimid caliph but died two months later, and Salah al-Din took his place.

Source: history · Wikipedia