Shawar (died January 18, 1169) was a ruler of Egypt, the vizier, from December 1162 until he is assassinated in 1169.
He is best known for being part of the three-way power struggle during the Crusades between the Christian King Amalric I of Jerusalem and Shirkuh, a Syrian general and uncle of the man who is to become the famous Muslim leader, Saladin.
Shawar is 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.
