Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid

Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid (Arabic: أبو القاسم أنوجور بن الإخشيد) was the second ruler of the Ikhshidid dynasty, which ruled Egypt, Syria and the Hejaz under the suzerainty of the Abbasid Caliphate but de facto autonomous. Unujur ruled from 946 to 960, but much of the actual power was held by the black eunuch Abu'l-Misk Kafur.

Gold dinar of Abu'l-Qasim Unujur, minted 949/50

Unujur died in 960 CE, and was buried in Jerusalem next to his father, at a location close to the Gate of the Tribes on the Temple Mount.[1]

References

  1. van Berchem 1927, pp. 13–14.

Sources

  • van Berchem, Max (1927). Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum, Deuxième partie: Syrie du Sud. Tome deuxième: Jérusalem "Haram" (in French). Cairo: Imprimerie de l'Institut français d'archéologie oriantele.
Preceded by
Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid
Ikhshidid governor of Egypt, southern Syria and the Hejaz
(de jure for the Abbasid Caliphate)

946–960
Succeeded by
Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Ikhshid


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