Turan-Shah

Shams ad-Din Turanshah
Al-Malik al-Mu'azzam
Turan Shah Dinar Aden
Emir of Alexandria
Reign1180
Emir of Baalbek
Reign1178–1179
PredecessorIbn al-Muqaddam
SuccessorFarrukh Shah
Emir of Yemen
Reign1174–1176
PredecessorEmirate established
SuccessorTughtakin ibn Ayyub
Died27 June 1180
Alexandria, Egypt
Burial
Damascus, Syria
Names
Shams ad-Din Turanshah ibn Ayyub al-Malik al-Mu'azzam Shams ad-Dawla Fakhr ad-Din
DynastyAyyubid
FatherNajm ad-Din Ayyub
ReligionSunni Islam

Shams ad-Din Turanshah ibn Ayyub al-Malik al-Mu'azzam Shams ad-Dawla Fakhr ad-Din known simply as Turanshah (Arabic: توران شاه بن أيوب) (died 27 June 1180) was the Ayyubid emir (prince) of Yemen (1174–1176), Damascus (1176–1179), Baalbek (1178–1179) and finally Alexandria where he died in 1180. He is noted for strengthening the position of his younger brother, Sultan Saladin, in Egypt and playing the leading role in the Ayyubid conquests of both Nubia and Yemen.