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 "id": "event/death-of-shirkuh-564",
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 "slug": "death-of-shirkuh-564",
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  "ar": "وفاة أسد الدين شيركوه وولاية صلاح الدين",
  "en": "death of Asad al-Dīn Shīrkūh — Saladin chosen vizier in his place"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "توفي أسد الدين شيركوه بعد ولايته الوزارة بأيام قلائل، وقيل كان يكثر أكل العظام الدسمة فاختنقت به نفسه، فأمر العاضد بضرب الوزارة على صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب ابن أخيه وكان أصغر أمرائهم سنًا وكان الأمراء النورية قد كاتبوا العاضد أن يوليه لما رأوا من تواضعه وحسن سيرته ورفقه بأصحابه {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 15}.",
  "en": "Shīrkūh died days into his vizierate — said to have choked on the rich marrow he loved. Al-ʿĀḍid invested his nephew Saladin Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, the youngest of the emirs, because the Nūrid commanders had written recommending him: they saw his humility, his good conduct, his kindness to his companions {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 15}."
 },
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   "edtf": "1168~",
   "hijri": "0564",
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   "edtf": "1168~",
   "hijri": "0564",
   "calendar": "julian",
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    "status": "tradition",
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   }
  },
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   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الكامل في التاريخ لابن الأثير، قراءة آبل فيجن",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium) from Apple Vision OCR",
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 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "توفي أسد الدين شيركوه بعد ولايته الوزارة بأيام قلائل، فضُربت الخلعة لابن أخيه صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب بأمر العاضد، وكان أصغر الأمراء النورية سنًا وقد رشّحوه في كتبهم لما عرفوا من تواضعه وحسن سيرته ورفقه بأصحابه {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 15}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/death-of-shirkuh-564",
    "lang": "ar",
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   },
   "updated": "2026-10-21"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Asad al-Din Shirkuh died a few days after he had taken up the vizierate. By order of al-ʿAdid, the robe of investiture was then conferred on his nephew Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub. He was the youngest of the Nuri amirs in age, and they had put him forward in their letters because they knew his humility, good conduct and kindness to his companions {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p.15}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/death-of-shirkuh-564",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "اسد الدین شیرکوہ وزارت سنبھالنے کے چند ہی دن بعد انتقال کر گئے۔ اس کے بعد العاضد کے حکم سے ان کے بھتیجے صلاح الدین یوسف بن ایوب کو خلعت عطا کی گئی۔ وہ نور الدین کے امراء میں عمر کے اعتبار سے سب سے کم سن تھے، اور ان کی انکساری، اچھے کردار اور اپنے ساتھیوں کے ساتھ نرمی کو جان کر ان کے ساتھیوں نے اپنے خطوط میں ان کا نام تجویز کیا تھا۔ {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p.15}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/death-of-shirkuh-564",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  }
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  "event/shawar-killed-shirkuh-vizier-564",
  "event/fustat-burning-cairo-564",
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  "event/shirkuh-egypt-expedition-562",
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