Shawar

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]

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