Qaraqush (other)
Qaraqush ( ar, قراقوش, link=no, from the Turkic for 'Black Bird') may refer to: * Qaraqush, Iran, a Turkic-populated village in Iran * Baha al-Din Qaraqush (died 1201), commander under Saladin, regent of Egypt * Sharaf al-Din Qaraqush (died 1212), Ayyubid commander and adventurer in North Africa See also * Karakuş Karakuş (''lit.'' 'black bird') is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ayhan Karakuş (born 1989), Turkish wrestler * Hamit Karakus Hamit Karakus (born 22 February 1965) is a Turkish-Dutch politician, who has a seat i ...

Qaraqush, Iran
Qaraqush ( fa, قرا قوش, also Romanized as Qarāqūsh; also known as Gharaghoosh, Qarāgāch, and Qareh Qāch) is a village in Hureh Rural District Hureh Rural District ( fa, دهستان هوره) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in, Saman County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country l ..., Saman County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 114, in 36 families. The village is populated by Turkic people. References Populated places in Saman County {{Shahrekord-geo-stub ...
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Baha Al-Din Qaraqush
Baha al-Din Qaraqush al-Asadi al-Rumi al-Maliki al-Nasiri () was a eunuch military commander in the service of Saladin. He served as palace chamberlain and gaoler of the deposed Fatimid dynasty, and undertook for his master the construction of the Citadel of Cairo and the fortification of Acre. After Saladin's death, he served as regent of Egypt for the Ayyubid sultans al-Aziz Uthman and al-Mansur, until he was forced to retire. He died in 1201. Although highly esteemed by contemporaries and historians, his posthumous reputation derives chiefly from a satirical pamphlet by a political opponent that lampoons him as a stupid and tyrannical monarch. Life His origin and early life are unknown; not even the name of his father survives, and he was known in Arabic with the patronymic ibn Abdallah (i.e., 'son of a amelessservant of God'). His year of birth is unknown, but in 1189 he was already considered as very old, and is reputed to have known Godfrey of Bouillon, one of the principal ...
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Sharaf Al-Din Qaraqush
Sharaf al-Din Qaraqush al-Armani al-Muzaffari al-Nasiri al-Taqavi (died 1212) was a Circassian Mamluk in the service of the Ayyubid prince al-Muzaffar, who engaged in a series of campaigns of conquest in Tripolitania and Ifriqiya between 1172 and the 1190s. However some historians like Ibn Khaldun and Ibn Galbun said that he was of Armenian origin. Operating on behalf of Saladin initially, but increasingly on his own account, he fought against the expanding Almohad Caliphate and allied with the Banu Ghaniya The Banu Ghaniya were an Almoravid Sanhaja Berber dynasty. Their first leader, Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Yusuf, a son of Ali ibn Yusuf al-Massufi and the Almoravid Princess Ghaniya, was appointed as governor of the Balearic Islands in 1126. Following th .... In the end, he fell out with the Ghaniya, and was defeated and executed by Yahya ibn Ghaniya at Waddan in 1212. References Sources * * * *{{cite encyclopedia , last1=Öngül , first1=Alı , title=KARAKUŞ, Şerefedd ...
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