Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid

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Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid
Hereditary emir of Egypt, Syria and the Hejaz
Gold dinar of Abu'l-Qasim, minted 949/50, recognizing the suzerainty of Abbasid caliph.
Rule946 – 960
PredecessorMuhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid
SuccessorAbu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Ikhshid
Died960
Jerusalem
Burial
Jerusalem
HouseIkhshidids
FatherMuhammad ibn Tughj
ReligionIslam (Sunni)

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.

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

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  1. ^ van Berchem 1927, pp. 13–14.

Sources

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  • 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 Ikhshidid governor of Egypt, southern Syria and the Hejaz
(de jure for the Abbasid Caliphate)

946–960
Succeeded by