This is a list of the rulers of the Iraqi city of Mosul.

Umayyad governors

Yusuf ibn Yahya ibn al-Hakam Yusuf ( ar, يوسف ') is a male name of Arabic origin meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence).From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף ''YHWH Lhosif'' meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name ...

(ca. 685–705) *

Sa'id ibn Abd al-Malik Sa'id ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ( ar, سعيد بن عبد الملك بن مروان, Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān; died 750), also known as Saʿīd al-Khayr ('Sa'id the Good'), was an Umayyad prince and governor. He played a role i ...

(ca. 685–705) *

Yahya ibn Yahya al-Ghassani Yahya ibn Yahya ibn Qays al-Ghassani ( ar, يحيى بن يحيى الغساني, Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā ibn Qays al-Ghassānī; 684–750s) was the Umayyad governor of Mosul during the reign of Caliph Umar II (), a transmitter of hadiths (traditions ...

(719–720) *

Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan Marwan, Merwan or Mervan ( ar, مروان ''marwān''), is an Arabic male given name derived from the word ''marū/ maruw'' (مرو) with the meaning of either minerals, " flint(-stone)", " quartz" or "a hard stone of nearly pure silica". Howeve ...

(720–724) * Al-Hurr ibn Yusuf (727–731/32) *

Yahya ibn al-Hurr Yahya may refer to: * Yahya (name), a common Arabic male given name * Yahya (Zaragoza), 11th-century ruler of Zaragoza * John the Baptist in Islam, also known as Yaḥyā ibn Zakarīyā See also

* Tepe Yahya, an archaeological site in Kermān ...

(732/33) *

Al-Walid ibn Talid Al-Walid was the sixth ''Umayyad caliph'' ruling from October 705 until 715 CE. Al-Walid may also refer to: People * Khalid ibn al-Walid (592–642), one of the two famous Arab generals of the Rashidun army during the Muslim conquests of the ...

(733–739) *

Abu Quhafa ibn al-Walid Abu or ABU may refer to: Places * Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan * Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan * Ahmadu Bello University, a university located in Zaria, Nigeria * Atlantic Baptist University, a Christian university ...

(739–743) * Al Qatiran ibn Akmad ibn al-Shaybani (744–745) * Hisham ibn Amr-al Zubayr (745–750)

Abbasid governors

Muhammad ibn Sawl Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monothe ...

(750–751) *

Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Ali Yahya may refer to: * Yahya (name), a common Arabic male given name * Yahya (Zaragoza), 11th-century ruler of Zaragoza * John the Baptist in Islam, also known as Yaḥyā ibn Zakarīyā See also * Tepe Yahya Tapeh Yahya () is an archaeological ...

(c. 751) *

Ismail ibn Ali ibn Abdullah Ishmael ''Ismaḗl''; Classical/Qur'anic Arabic: إِسْمَٰعِيْل; Modern Standard Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيْل ''ʾIsmāʿīl''; la, Ismael was the first son of Abraham, the common patriarch of the Abrahamic religions; and is cons ...

(751–759) * Malik ibn al-Haytham al-Khuzai (759–762) * Ja'far ibn Abu Jafar (762–764) *

Khalid ibn Barmak Khalid ibn Barmak (709–781/82; ar, خالد بن برمك) was the first prominent member of the Barmakids, an important Buddhist family from Balkh, which converted to Islam and became prominent members of the Abbasid court in the second ...

(764–766) * Ismail ibn Abd Allah ibn Yazid (768–770) * Yazid ibn Usayd ibn Zafir al-Sulami (770) * Musa ibn Ka'b (771–772) *

and Musa ibn Mus'ab (772–775) * Ishaq ibn Sulayman al-Hashimi (776) * Hassan al Sarawi (776–777) * Abd al-Samad ibn Ali (778) * Muhammed ibn al-Fadl (779–780) *

Ahmad ibn Ismail ibn Ali Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

(781–782) * Musa ibn Mus'ab (782–783) * Hashim ibn Sa'id (785) * Abd al-Malik ibn Salih (785–787) * Ishaq ibn Muhammed (787–778) * Saíd ibn al-Salm (778–789) * Abd Allah ibn Malik (789–791) * al-Hakam ibn Sulayman (791) * Muhammed ibn al-Abbas al-Hashimi (791–796) * Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Harazi (796–797) * Harthama ibn A'yan (798–802), with various deputies * Nadal ibn Rifa's (804–805) * Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Hatim (806) * Ali ibn Sadaqa ibn Dinar (c. 806) * Muhammed ibn al-Fadl (806–809) * Ibrahim ibn al-Abbas (809) * Khalid ibn Yazid (810) * al-Muttalib ibn Abd Allah (811) * al-Hasan ibn Umar (812) * Tahir ibn Husayn (813) * Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Sailh (814–817) * al-Sayyid ibn Anas (817–826) * Muhammed ibn Humayd al-Tusi (826–827) * Harun ibn Abu Khalid (827) * Muhammed ibn al-Sayyid ibn Anas (827–828) *

Malik ibn Tawk Malik ibn Tawk ibn Malik ibn 'Attab at-Taghlibi () (died 873) was an Arab Abbasid official during the reigns of caliphs al-Wathiq (r. 842–847) and al-Mutawakkil (r. 847–861). He is best known as the founder of the fortress town of al-Rahba on ...

(829–831) * Mansur ibn Bassam (c.834) * Abd Allah ibn al-Sayyid ibn Anas (c. 838) * Akaba ibn Muhammad (before 868) * Hasan ibn Ayyub (before 868) * Abd Allah ibn Sulayman (c. 868) * Musawir: Kharijite rebel (868) * Azugitin (873–874), with deputies * Khidr bin Ahmad (c. 874) ** Autonomous: * Ishaq ibn Kundaj (879–891) * Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Kundaj (891–892) *

Ahmad ibn Isa al-Shaybani Ahmad ibn Isa al-Shaybani () (died 898), was an Arab leader of the Shayban tribe. In 882/3 he succeeded his father, Isa ibn al-Shaykh, as the virtually independent ruler of Diyar Bakr, and soon expanded his control over parts of southern Armeni ...

(892–893) * Hamdan ibn Hamdun, rebel Hamdanid (892–895) * Direct Abbasid control ** Hasan ibn Ali (c. 895) ** Abu Muhammad Ali ibn al-Mu'tadid (c. 899–902)

Hamdanid emirs

* Abdallah Abu'l-Hayja ibn Hamdan, 905–913, 914–916 926–929, as Abbasid governor * Nasir al-Dawla, 929–930 and 935–967 * Sa'id ibn Hamdan, 931–934 *

Abu Taghlib Fadl Allah Abu Taghlib al-Ghadanfar Uddat al-Dawla ( ar, فضل الله أبو تغلب الغضنفر عدة الدولة, Faḍl Allāh ʿAbu Taghlib al-Ghaḍanfar ʿUddat al-Dawla), usually known simply by his as Abu Taghlib, was the third H ...

, 967–978 * Directly administered as part of the Buyid emirate of Iraq, 978–989 *

Abu Tahir Ibrahim Abu or ABU may refer to: Places * Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan * Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan * Ahmadu Bello University, a university located in Zaria, Nigeria * Atlantic Baptist University, a Christian university ...

and

Abu Abdallah Husayn Abu or ABU may refer to: Places * Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan * Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan * Ahmadu Bello University, a university located in Zaria, Nigeria * Atlantic Baptist University, a Christian university ...

, 989–990

Uqaylid emirs

Muhammad ibn al-Musayyab Abu'l-Dhawwād Muḥammad ibn al-Musayyab was the first Emir of Mosul from the Uqaylid dynasty, from –991/2. Life Muhammad and the Uqaylid dynasty belonged to the Banu Uqayl, a northern Arab tribe who were originally clients of the Hamdanid emi ...

ca. 990–991/2 * Abu Ja'far al-Hajjaj (Buyid governor) 991/2–996 * Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab 996–1001 * Qirwash ibn al-Muqallad 1001–1050 * Baraka ibn al-Muqallad 1050–1052 * Quraysh ibn Baraka 1052–1061 * Under Seljuk suzerainty 1055–1096 * Muslim ibn Quraysh 1061–1085 * Ibrahim ibn Quraysh 1085–1089/90 * Fakhr al-Dawla ibn Jahir ( vizier of

Malik-Shah I Jalāl al-Dawla Mu'izz al-Dunyā Wa'l-Din Abu'l-Fatḥ ibn Alp Arslān (8 August 1055 – 19 November 1092, full name: fa, ), better known by his regnal name of Malik-Shah I ( fa, ), was the third sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire from 1072 to ...

) 1089/90–1092 * Ali ibn Muslim 1092 * Ibrahim ibn Quraysh 1092–1093 * Ali ibn Muslim 1093–1096

Seljuk Atabegs

* Kerbogha, 1096–1102 . * Sunqurjah, officer of Kerbogha, 1102.Richards, D. S., Editor, ''The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi’l-Ta’rikh. Part 1, 1097–1146.'', Ashgate Publishing, Farnham, UK, 2010, pp. 58-59. * Musa al-Turkomani, Kerbogha's deputy at Hisn Kaifa, 1102. *

Jikirmish Jikirmish, also known as Jekermish, Chokurmish or Chökürmish (died in 1106), was the atabeg of Mosul from 1102 to 1106. After the death of his predecessor Kerbogha, he became the adoptive father of Imad ad-Din Zengi. Jikirmish and Sökmen of M ...

1102–1106 * Jawali Saqawa, 1106–1109 . * Mawdud, 1109–1113 * Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi, 1113–1114 * Juyûsh-Beg, 1114–1124 * Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi, second rule, 1124–1126 * Mas’ûd ibn Bursuqî, son of Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi, 1126–1127.

Zengid emirs

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(at Jazira) 1208–1241 and: *

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1211–1218 and afterwards: *

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1218–1219 and afterwards: *

Nasir ad-Din Mahmud Nasir al-Din Mahmud (or Mahmud II) was the Zengid Emir of Mosul 1219–1234. He was successor of Nur al-Din Arslan Shah II and was the last Zengid ruler of Mosul. Contemporary historians state that he was killed by the atabeg of Mosul, Badr al-D ...

1219–1234.

Lu'lu'id emirs

* Badr al-Din Lu'lu', former atabeg to

, 1234–1259 *

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* As-Salih Isma'il, son of Badr al-Din Lu'lu', in Mosul and Sinjar, 1259–1262 * Al-Muzaffar 'Ala' al-Din 'Ali, son of Badr al-Din Lu'lu', in Sinjar, 1259 * Sayf al-Din Ishāq, son of Badr al-Din Lu'lu', in Jazirat ibn 'Umar, 1259-1262.

Mongol Governors

* Mulay Noyan c. 1296–1312 * Amīr Sūtāy 1312–1331/1332, Sutayid * Alī Pādshāh, Oirat 1332–1336 * Ḥājī Ṭaghāy ibn Sūtāy 1336–c. 1342, Sutayid * Ibrahim Shah 1342–1347, Sutayid, nephew of Ḥājī Ṭaghāy * To the house of Jalayirid of Baghdad 1340s–1383

Jalayirid

* Bayazid 1382–1383 * To the Horde of the Black Sheep 1383–1401 * To the Timurid Empire 1401–1405 * To the Horde of the Black Sheep 1405–1468 * To the Horde of the White Sheep 1468–1508 * To Persia 1508–1534 * To the Ottoman Empire 1534–1623 * To Persia 1623–1638 * To the Ottoman Empire 1638–1917

Ottoman governors

* Ezidi Mirza (1649-1650) * Hatibzade Yahya Pasha (1748) * Hüseyin Pasha 1758–? * Murad Pasha ? * Sa'dullah Pasha ? *

Hasan Pasha of Mosul Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scottis ...

? * Mehmed Pasha of Mosul ? * Süleyman Pasha ? *

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? * Mahmud Pasha ? *

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? * Ahmed Pasha ? * Osman Pasha ? *

Naman Pasha Naman may refer to: * Naman language, a language of Vanuatu * Naman, Iran (disambiguation), several villages in Iran * Naman, New South Wales, a locality in Australia People with the name * Naman Ahuja (born 1974),Indian art historian and cur ...

?–1831 * Omari Pasha 1831–1833 * Yahya Pasha 1833–1834 * Injal Pasha 1835–1840 * ? 1840–1844 * Sherif Pasha 1844–1845 *

Tayyar Pasha Tayyar is a Turkish given name and may refer to: * Tayyar Yalaz (1901-1943), Turkish sport wrestler * Jafar-e-Tayyar, one of the neighbourhoods of Malir Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Surname: * Şamil Tayyar * Nasser al-Tayyar Al Tayyar Travel ...

1846 * Esad Pasha 1847 * Vechihi Pasha 1848 * Kâmil Pasha 1848–1855 * Within the eyalet of Van 1855–1865 * Within the vilayet of Iraq 1865–1875 * ? 1875–1889 *

Kürd Reshid Pasha Kürd or Kurd may refer to the following villages: * Kürd Eldarbəyli, Azerbaijan * Kürd Mahruzlu, Azerbaijan * Kürd, Goychay, Azerbaijan * Kürd, Jalilabad, Azerbaijan * Kürd, Qabala, Azerbaijan See also *Kurd (disambiguation) *Kūrd The Kū ...

1889 * ? 1889–1894 * Aziz Pasha 1894–1895 * Kölemen Abdullah Pasha 1896 * Zihdi Bey 1897 * Abdülwahib Pasha 1898 *

Hüseyin Hazim Pasha Hussein, Hussain, Hossein, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein or Husain (; ar, حُسَيْن ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-i-N ( ar, ح س ی ن, link=no), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", " ...

1898–1900 * Hadji Reshid Pasha 1901 * Nuri Pasha 1902–1904 *

Mustafa Bey Mustafa ibn Mahmud (1786–1837) ( ar, مصطفى باي بن محمد) was the ninth leader of the Husainid Dynasty The Husainid dynasty or Husaynid dynasty ( ar, الحسينيون) was a ruling dynasty of the Beylik of Tunis, which was of ...

1905–1908 * Fazil Pasha 1909 * Tahir Pasha 1910–1912 *

Süleyman Nasif Bey Suleyman or Süleyman is a variant of Suleiman (the Arabic name ). It means "man of peace". Notable people with the name include: Suleyman *Suleyman I of Rûm or Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (d. 1086), founder of an independent Seljuq Turkish state in ...

1913–1916 *

Haydar Bey Haydar ( ar, حيدر), also spelt Hajdar, Hayder, Heidar, Haider, Heydar, and other variants, is an Arabic male given name, also used as a surname, meaning "lion". In Islamic tradition, the name is primarily associated with Ali, Ali ibn Abi Ta ...

1916–1918

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