Muhammad Khoorsheed Uzair

**Sayyid Muhammad Khoorsheed Uzair** (/ ˈkʊərʃid uzɑˈɪər/, *KOOR-sheed ooh-zah-EAR;* Arabic: سيد محمد خورشيد عزير , born 23 October 1976 - died 19 December 2022) was the first Sultan of the United Middle East, having reigned from the country's formation on 29 October 2022 until his assassination less than two months later. His country is one of only two absolute monarchies in the world (Incognitoland being the other).

Uzair strongly disagreed on Israel joining Eurono, even bombing border town Nitzanei Sinai during the annexation signing, killing ten. He eventually signed a peace treaty with Euronian president Steven Hawkeye for the ceding of Eastern Jerusalem to the UME, which was made the capital city of the country. Two weeks following the peace treaty signing, Uzair was found dead near Amman with a knife in his chest, having been assassinated by LDI leader Felipe Mendoza earlier that morning, who himself was assassinated less than two weeks later by Uzair's twin brother.

## Death

Uzair was last seen leaving East Jerusalem on horse in the late hours of 18 December 2022, following a meeting with Himalayan Union president Roshan Raval upon talks on how to bring down the ongoing LDI threat. Uzair was due to be in Yerevan, Incognitoland the next day to meet up with King Artist Incognito to be flown to Incognitoland capital Yekaterinburg to strengthen relationships as well as talk about the LDI threat.

When Uzair failed to show up to Yerevan the next day, he was reported missing by both the Middle Eastern and Incognitan government. At 14:00 INST, Incognito ordered some members of the Incognitan army to cross the Incognitoland/UME border to search for Uzair. Upon travelling 20 kilometres inward into the UME, Incognitan soldiers gave up and returned to Yerevan. Five hours later, Incognitan aircraft were sent to cross the border at a maximum altitude of 1,000 feet.

At 19:05 INST, a body with a knife in its chest was reported to had been found in a desert near Amman, close to the UME capital East Jerusalem. Upon landing and inspecting the corpse, Incognitan soldiers confirmed the corpse to be the remains of Uzair. His death was announced on UME national TV about two hours after the discovery of the remains.

As Uzair was found with a stab wound to his chest, with the knife still being lodged in there, initial beliefs were that Uzair had committed suicide. However, it was quickly ruled out that Uzair had stabbed himself to death due to religious beliefs. On 26 December 2022, the Incognitan government confirmed that Uzair had been assassinated by an unidentified member of the LDI (possibly the leader of the group themself) in Amman on the morning of 19 December 2022. Surveillance footage showed Uzair riding his camel down a dark road in Amman at around 3 AM local time, when an unidentified person (who was later confirmed to be an LDI member because of a symbol on their outfit) jumped him and stabbed him in the chest. Uzair fell to the ground, but was picked up by the person, laid and tied to the back of Uzair's camel, before being pulled away.

It was later confirmed that LDI leader Felipe Mendoza was the one who assassinated Uzair, himself being assassinated less than two weeks later by Uzair's brother Omar.