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 961, but actual power was held by the black eunuch Abu'l-Misk Kafur.

Preceded by
Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid
Ikhshidid governor of Egypt, southern Syria and the Hejaz
(de jure for the Abbasid Caliphate)

946–961
Succeeded by
Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Ikhshid
Gold dinar of Abu'l-Qasim Unujur, minted 949/50



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