Shawar

For the administrative unit in Pakistan, see Shawar, Swat. For the Indian actor and model, see Shawar Ali.
"Shavar" redirects here. For places in Iran, see Shavar, Iran. For people with the given name, see Shavar (given name).

Shawar ibn Mujir al-Sa'di (Arabic: شاور بن مجير السعدي, romanized: Shāwar ibn Mujīr al-Saʿdī; died 18 January 1169) was an Arab de facto ruler of Fatimid Egypt, as its vizier, from December 1162 until his assassination in 1169[1] by the general Shirkuh, the uncle of the future Ayyubid leader Saladin, with whom he was engaged in a three-way power struggle against the Crusader Amalric I of Jerusalem.[2] Shawar was notorious for continually switching alliances, allying first with one side, and then the other,[3] and even ordering the burning of his own capital city, Fustat, just so that the enemy could not have it.[4]

  1. ^ Amin Maalouf (1984). The Crusades Through Arab Eyes. Al Saqi Books. pp. 159–161. ISBN 0-8052-0898-4.
  2. ^ Beeson, Irene (September–October 1969). "Cairo, a Millennial". Saudi Aramco World: 24, 26–30. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
  3. ^ Ismail Abaza. "Saladin and his Cairo". touregypt.net. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
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