Al-Mujahid Shirkuh

Al-Malik Al-Mujahid Asad ad-Din Shirkuh II or Shirkuh II, was the Kurdish Ayyubid emir of Homs from 1186 to 1240. He was the son of An-Nasir Muhammad ibn Shirkuh, grandson of Shirkuh and first cousin once removed of Saladin. His domains also included Palmyra and ar-Rahba. Al-Mujahid became emir at the age of thirteen when his father died unexpectedly in Homs on 4 March 1186.