Turan-Shah
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.
| Shams ad-Din Turanshah | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Malik al-Mu'azzam | |||||
| Emir of Alexandria | |||||
| Reign | 1180 | ||||
| Emir of Baalbek | |||||
| Reign | 1178–1179 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ibn al-Muqaddam | ||||
| Successor | Farrukh Shah | ||||
| Emir of Yemen | |||||
| Reign | 1174–1176 | ||||
| Predecessor | Emirate established | ||||
| Successor | Tughtakin ibn Ayyub | ||||
| Born | Syria | ||||
| Died | 27 June 1180 Alexandria, Egypt | ||||
| Burial | Damascus, Syria | ||||
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| Dynasty | Ayyubid | ||||
| Father | Najm ad-Din Ayyub | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
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