Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Muqaddam

Shams al-Din Muhammad
Emir of Baalbek
Reign1175–1178
PredecessorEmirate established
SuccessorTuran-shah
Died9 February 1188
Mount Arafat, Makkah[1]
Names
Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Muqaddam
ReligionSunni Islam

Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Muqaddam (Arabic: شمس الدين ابن المقدم; died at Mount Arafat on 9 February 1188) was the 1st Emir of Baalbek under Ayyubid Dynasty, Although he was not from Ayyubid origin. He was a military commander first in the service of Nur ad-Din, the Zengid ruler of Syria and Iraq, later of Saladin, the Ayyubid ruler of Egypt, Syria and Iraq.

  1. ^ Lyons 1984, p. 284.