page_title: Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid
hierarchical_section_title: Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid
caption_attribution_description: English: Original caption: ISLAMIC, Egypt &amp; Syria (Pre-Fatimid). Ikhshidids. Abu'l-Qasim Unujur. AH 334-349 / AD 946-960. AV Dinar (22mm, 3.51 g, 2h). Filastin (al-Ramla) mint. Dated AH 337 (AD 949/50). Kalima and name of Abu'l-Qasim Unujur across field; Arabic letter “w” above, Arabic letter “t” below; al-Quran Sura 30:3-4 in outer margin; mint and date formula in inner margin / Continuation of Kalima, “salla Allah ‘alayhi”, and name of Abbasid Caliph across field; above, “l’llah”flanked by Arabic letter “h”, horizontal “S” below; Umayyad “Second Symbol” in outer margin. Bacharach 72; Balog, Tables 337, Palestine, Var. B; SICA 6, 159-60 (Dies B/b); Lavoix –; Album 676. Good VF.
context_page_description: Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Gold dinar of Abu'l-Qasim Unujur, minted 949/50
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