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Farrukh Shah
Farrukh Shah was an Ayyubid prince, a nephew of Saladin, who received Baalbek as his fief in 1179 and served as his uncle's deputy in Damascus. He campaigned against the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, raiding Galilee and the lands east of the Jordan. On his death in 1182 Baalbek passed to his son al-Amjad Bahramshah, whose line held it for half a century.
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