| Al-Mujahid | |
|---|---|
| Emir of Homs | |
 The Governor of al-Rahba. Ayyubid period. Maqamat of al-Hariri, Baghdad (1237). The red beard denotes foreigness.[1] | |
| Malik of Homs, Bādiyat Ash-Shām and Al-Rahba | |
| Reign | 1186–1240 |
| Predecessor | Muhammad ibn Shirkuh |
| Successor | Al-Mansur Ibrahim |
| Born | 1173 |
| Died | February 1240 (aged 66–67) |
| Dynasty | Ayyubid |
| Religion | Sunni 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.[2] His domains also included Palmyra and ar-Rahba.[3] 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).[4][5]
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