Shihna
Noble title
Shiḥna (Arabic: شحنة) was a medieval Islamic term meaning, roughly, "military administrator." The term was used particularly for the Seljuk Turks' representative in Iraq, who exerted the Seljuks' power over the Abbasid caliph. The Seljuks themselves ruled their empire, which included most of southwest Asia in the 11th century and after, from Iran in Isfahan.
01List of shihnas
Baghdad
- Bursuq the Elder (April 1060, 1061), the first shihna of Baghdad
- Oshin (1061-?), a ghulam
- Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi
- Ilghazi (until 1104)
- Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi (1124-1125)
- Baran-Qush Zakawi (1125-1126)
- Zengi (1126-1127)
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- Ruler in Turkic dress (long braids, fur hat, boots, fitting coat), in the Maqamat of al-Hariri, 1237 CE, probably Baghdad.jpg by Unknown author, 1237 CE, Public domain
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