12th-century executions

Persian philosopher and founder of the school of Illuminationism

Song dynasty general, killed by royal decree from the Emperor Gaozong of Song (1103–1142)

thumb|Shawar receives messengers from King Amalric '''Shawar ibn Mujir al-Sa'di' (; died 18 January 1169) was the de facto'' ruler of Fatimid Egypt, as its vizier, from December 1162 until his assassination in 1169 by the general Shirkuh, the uncle of the future Ayyubid leader Saladin, with whom he was engaged in a three-way power struggle against the Crusader Amalric I of Jerusalem. Shawar was notorious for continually switching alliances, allying first with one side, and then the other, and even ordering the burning of his own capital city, Fustat, just so that the enemy could not have it.

Ambaghai () or Hambaqai Khan (? – died 1156) was a Khan of the Khamag Mongol, succeeding his cousin Khabul Khan. He was one of the great-grandsons of Khaidu Khan and the cousin and predecessor of Hotula Khan. He was the Leader of the Taichud clan, one of the sub-branches of the Borjigid, and also grandson and successor of Charaqai Lingqum.

Iranian writer and academic

Song Dynasty court eunuch, military general and politician (1054-1126)

writer

12th-century Fatimid vizier

Fatimid vizier from 1161 to 1163

Norman amiral

Yarankash (or Yaranqash) (died 1146) was a Frankish slave who assassinated his owner Zengi, the atabeg of Aleppo. According to Damascene chronicler Ibn al-Qalanisi: