Nasir () was a Hamaj regent under the Funj Sultanate of Sennar. He was the son of

Badi IV Badi IV (reigned 1724–1762; died 1764), also known as Badi abu Shilluk, was a ruler of the Kingdom of Sennar. He was the son of his predecessor, Nul. When Emperor Iyasu II of Ethiopia invaded his realm in 1738, the army of Sennar under the l ...

, the previous ruler. He deposed his father Badi, with the help of the vizier Sheikh Adelan and his brother Abu Kalec the governor of

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. Badi fled to sanctuary in

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, where Emperor

Iyoas I Iyoas I ( Ge'ez: ኢዮአስ; died 14 May 1769), throne name Adyam Sagad (Ge'ez: አድያም ሰገድ) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 27 June 1755 to 7 May 1769, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the infant son of Iyasu II and Wubit ...

appointed the deposed king governor of the province of

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, near the border with Sennar. However envoys from Sennar convinced Badi to return to Sennar where he was quietly murdered after an imprisonment of two years. Nasir was ritually executed in 1769 and succeeded by his brother

Isma'il Ismail ( ar, إِسْمَاعِيْل, ʾIsmāʿīl) is regarded as a prophet and messenger and the ancestor to the Ishmaelites in Islam. He is the son of Ibrahim (Abraham), born to Hajar (Hagar). Ismail is also associated with Mecca and the ...

J.M. Reid, ''Traveller Extraordinary: The Life of James Bruce of Kinnaird'' (New York: Norton, 1968), p. 246

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