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Dirgham was appointed by the vizier who succeeded the Fatimier vizier. He quickly rose up in the hierarchy and became a lieutenant under the grand chamberlain. He was one of the favored men in the army as he held most important office under the vizier revealing the fact that he was trusted by higher powers. Dirgham was a successful lieutenant who defeated the Crusaders and the Frankish expedition of Almaric I, the king of the Latin state of Jerusalem. Also, he drove out the unpopular Shawar, who was expelled from Egypt. He carefully planned to ambush Shawar’s army during the Nile flooding to catch them off guard during a hectic time. He was eventually killed in battle with his army in Cairo. During what would be his last battle, Dirgham watched his army quickly dwindle from 500 men to 30. Those remaining would take everything from Dirgham and leave their former leader abandoned. He soon found his way to a city where he thought he would be unrecognized and was pulled off his horse and beheaded by the local citizens.