consolidate his position as Sultan and as undisputed head of the Ayyubid family. Although Nur ad-Din Zengi took back the domain of Homs on Shirkuh's death, in 1179 Saladin gave Homs to Shirkuh's son Muhammad ibn Shirkuh and his descendants continued to rule in Homs thereafter until the death in 1263 of his last descendant the emir, Al-Ashraf Musa, Emir of Homs. After this Homs was ruled directly as part of the Mamluk empire. References Sources Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin, ed. D. S. Richards, Ashgate, 2002. William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea, trans. E.A. Babcock and A.C. Krey. Columbia University Press, 1943. Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades, vol. II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem. Cambridge University Press, 1952. Vladimir Minorsky, "The Prehistory of Saladin", in Studies in Caucasian History, Cambridge University Press, 1957, pp. 124–132. (available online) 1169 deaths Muslims of the Crusades People from the Ayyubid Sultanate Generals of the medieval Islamic world Kurdish rulers Kurdish politicians Kurdish Muslims Deaths from peritonsillar abscess Year of birth unknown Viziers of the Fatimid Caliphate 12th-century Muslims 12th-century Kurdish people Saladin