This is a list of the rulers of the

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

i city of

Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second large ...

Umayyad governors

Muhammad ibn Marwan Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muḥammad ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam () (died 719/720) was an Umayyad prince and one of the most important generals of the Umayyad Caliphate in the period 690–710, and the one who completed the Arab conquest of Armenia. ...

(ca. 685–705) * Yusuf ibn Yahya ibn al-Hakam (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 (719–720) * Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan (720–724) *

Al-Hurr ibn Yusuf Al-Ḥurr ibn Yūsuf al-Qurashī al-Umawī () (died 731) was an early eighth century Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad statesman. During the caliphate of his relative Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Hisham () he served as a governor of Egypt (724–727) and was ...

(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 (733–739) * Abu Quhafa ibn al-Walid (739–743) * Al Qatiran ibn Akmad ibn al-Shaybani (744–745) * Hisham ibn Amr-al Zubayr (745–750)

Abbasid governors

* Muhammad ibn Sawl (750–751) * Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Ali (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 Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 𐤌𐤋𐤊; ar, ملك; he, מֶלֶךְ) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic dur ...

(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 Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī ( ar, إسحاق بن سليمان الهاشمي) was an 8th–9th-century AD Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasid prince and historian. He held several official positions during his lifetime ...

(776) * Hassan al Sarawi (776–777) * Abd al-Samad ibn Ali (778) * Muhammed ibn al-Fadl (779–780) * Ahmad ibn Ismail ibn Ali (781–782) * Musa ibn Mus'ab (782–783) * Hashim ibn Sa'id (785) *

Abd al-Malik ibn Salih ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAlī () (, ''Abimelech'', in Greek sources; 750–812 CE) was a member of the Banu Abbas who served as general and governor in Syria and Egypt. He distinguished himself in several raids against the Byzantine Emp ...

(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 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 mono ...

(791–796) * Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Harazi (796–797) *

Harthama ibn A'yan Harthama ibn A'yan (; died June 816) was a Khurasan-born general and governor of the early Abbasid Caliphate, serving under the caliphs al-Hadi, Harun al-Rashid and al-Ma'mun. He played an important role in the victory of al-Ma'mun in the Abbasid ...

(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 Ṭāhir ibn Ḥusayn ( fa, طاهر ابن حسین, ''Tāher ebn-e Hoseyn''; ar, طاهر بن الحسين, ''Tahir bin al-Husayn''), also known as Dhul-Yamīnayn ( ar, ذو اليمينين, "the ambidextrous"), and al-Aʿwar ( ar, الأعو ...

(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 Ishaq ibn Kundaj () or Kundajiq, was a Turkic military leader who played a prominent role in the turbulent politics of the Abbasid Caliphate in the late 9th century. Initially active in lower Iraq in the early 870s, he came to be appointed gover ...

(879–891) *

Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Kundaj Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Kundaj ( ar, محمد بن إسحاق بن كنداج) was a prominent general of the Abbasid Caliphate in the early 10th century. Life He was the son of Ishaq ibn Kundaj, a Turkic strongman who had established himself, w ...

(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 Hamdan ibn Hamdun ibn al-Harith al-Taghlibi () was a Taghlibi Arab chieftain in the Jazira, and the patriarch of the Hamdanid dynasty. Alongside other Arab chieftains of the area, he resisted the attempts at re-imposition of Abbasid control over the ...

, 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 Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Abu'l-Hayja Abdallah ibn Hamdan al-Taghlibi ( ar, أبو محمد الحسن ابن أبو الهيجاء عبدالله ابن حمدان ناصر الدولة التغلبي; died 968 or 969), more commonly known simpl ...

, 929–930 and 935–967 *

Sa'id ibn Hamdan Sa'id ibn Hamdan () was an early member of the Hamdanid dynasty who served as provincial governor and military leader under the Abbasid Caliphate. He was the father of the celebrated poet Abu Firas al-Hamdani. Biography Sa'id was a son of the Hamd ...

, 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 The Buyid dynasty ( fa, آل بویه, Āl-e Būya), also spelled Buwayhid ( ar, البويهية, Al-Buwayhiyyah), was a Shia Iranian dynasty of Daylamite origin, which mainly ruled over Iraq and central and southern Iran from 934 to 1062. Coupl ...

emirate of Iraq, 978–989 * Abu Tahir Ibrahim and Abu Abdallah Husayn, 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 Abu Ja'far al-Hajjaj ibn Ustadh Hurmuz was a Buyid general and governor. Hajjaj's father had served the Buyid emir Adud al-Dawla as a high official, while his brother Hasan initially served Adud al-Dawla's son Samsam al-Dawla. Hajjaj himself enter ...

(Buyid governor) 991/2–996 *

Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab Abu Hassan al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab ( ar, أبو حسن المقلد بن المسيب, Abū Ḥassān al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab), known with the laqab, honorific Husam al-Dawla ( ar, حسام الدولة, Ḥusām al-Dawla, lit=Sword of the ...

996–1001 *

Qirwash ibn al-Muqallad Qirwash ibn al-Muqallad ( ar, قرواش بن المقلد, Qirwāsh ibn al-Muqallad), also known by the honorific Muʿtamid al-Dawla ( ar, معتمد الدولة, lit=Trusted of the State), was the third Uqaylid emir of Mosul, and ruler of other ...

1001–1050 *

Baraka ibn al-Muqallad Baraka or Barakah may refer to: * Berakhah or Baraka, in Judaism, a blessing usually recited during a ceremony * Barakah or Baraka, in Islam, the beneficent force from God that flows through the physical and spiritual spheres * Baraka, full ''ḥa ...

1050–1052 *

Quraysh ibn Baraka The Quraysh ( ar, قُرَيْشٌ) were a grouping of Arab clans that historically inhabited and controlled the city of Mecca and its Kaaba. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born into the Banu Hashim, Hashim clan of the tribe. Despite this, ma ...

1052–1061 * Under

Seljuk Seljuk or Saljuq (سلجوق) may refer to: * Seljuk Empire (1051–1153), a medieval empire in the Middle East and central Asia * Seljuk dynasty (c. 950–1307), the ruling dynasty of the Seljuk Empire and subsequent polities * Seljuk (warlord) (di ...

suzerainty 1055–1096 *

Muslim ibn Quraysh Abu'l-Makarim Muslim ibn Qirwash ( ar, أبو المكارم مسلم بن قرواش) also known by the honorific title Sharaf al-Dawla (), was the Uqaylid emir of Mosul and Aleppo. He died in June 1085. History Muslim's father Qirwash i ...

1061–1085 *

Ibrahim ibn Quraysh Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam. For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam. Ibrahim may also refer to: * Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people ...

1085–1089/90 *

Fakhr al-Dawla ibn Jahir Fakhr ad-Dawla Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Jahīr, also called Fakhr ad-Dawla, Ibn Jahir, or Fakhr ad-Dawla ibn Jahir, (1007-1090) was an 11th-century government official who served 5 different dynasties, most notably as vizier under ...

(

vizier A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called ''katib'' (secretary), who was a ...

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 ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 common era, CE) was the last of four Rashidun, Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was ...

1092 *

1092–1093 *

1093–1096

Seljuk Atabegs

Kerbogha Qiwam al-Dawla Kerbogha ( tr, Kürboğa), known as Kerbogha or Karbughā, was atabeg of Mosul during the First Crusade and was renowned as a soldier. Early life Kerbogha was a Seljuk Turk who owed his success to his military talent. He suppo ...

, 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 Mar ...

1102–1106 *

Jawali Saqawa Jawali Saqawa (d. 1109), also known as Chavli Saqaveh, was a Turkish adventurer who was atabeg of Mosul from 1106–1109. In 1104, Jawali held Baldwin II as prisoner until he was ransomed in 1108. He had purloined Baldwin from Jikirmish of Mosu ...

, 1106–1109 . *

Mawdud Mawdud ibn Altuntash ( ar, شرف الدولة المودود) (also spelled Maudud or Sharaf al-Dawla Mawdûd) (died October 2, 1113) was a Turkic military leader who was atabeg of Mosul from 1109 to 1113. He organized several expeditions to recon ...

, 1109–1113 *

Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi Qasīm al-Dawla Sayf al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd Āqsunqur al-Bursuqī (), also known as Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi, Aqsonqor il-Bursuqi, Aksunkur al-Bursuki, Aksungur or al-Borsoki, was the atabeg of Mosul from 1113–1114 and again from 1124–1126. Accessi ...

, 1113–1114 * Juyûsh-Beg, 1114–1124 *

, second rule, 1124–1126 * Mas’ûd ibn Bursuqî, son of Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi, 1126–1127.

Zengid emirs

sovereignty] * Imad al-Din Zengi 1127–1146 * Saif ad-Din Ghazi I 1146–1149 * Qutb ad-Din Mawdud 1149–1169 * Ghazi II Saif ud-Din 1169–1180 * Mas'ud I 'Izz ud-Din 1180–1193 and: * Sanjar Shah (at Jazira) 1176–1208 and: * Arslan I Shah Nur ud-Din 1193–1211 and: * Mahmud Muizz ad-Din (at Jazira) 1208–1241 and: * Mas'ud II 'Izz ud-Din 1211–1218 and afterwards: * Arslan II Shah Nur ud-Din 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' Badr al-Din Lu'lu' ( ar, بَدْر الدِّين لُؤْلُؤ) (died 1259) (the name Lu'Lu' means 'The Pearl', indicative of his servile origins) was successor to the Zengid emirs of Mosul, where he governed in variety of capacities from 1234 ...

, former atabeg to

, 1234–1259 * nder Mongols suzerainty beginning in 1254* As-Salih Isma'il, son of Badr al-Din Lu'lu', in Mosul and

Sinjar Sinjar ( ar, سنجار, Sinjār; ku, شنگال, translit=Şingal, syr, ܫܝܓܪ, Shingar) is a town in the Sinjar District of the Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. It is located about five kilometers south of the Sinjar Mountains. Its p ...

, 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 Ezidi Mirza, Mirza Pasha or Daseni Mirza Beg was a Yezidi leader, who is mentioned in Yezidi sagas, poems and stories due to his heroic and military exploits. He was born 1600 AD in a respected family of the Sheikh caste in the town of Bashiqa, as ...

(1649-1650) *

Hatibzade Yahya Pasha Hatibzade Yahya Pasha (known by contemporaries as just Yahya Pasha; died August 1755) was an Ottoman statesman and admiral. He served as Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral) of the Ottoman Navy briefly in 1743 (May to November), as well as serving as ...

(1748) * Hüseyin Pasha 1758–? * Murad Pasha ? * Sa'dullah Pasha ? * Hasan Pasha of Mosul ? *

Mehmed Pasha of Mosul Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muh ...

? * Süleyman Pasha ? * Mehmed Amin Pasha ? * Mahmud Pasha ? * Abdurrahman Pasha ? * Ahmed Pasha ? *

Osman Pasha Osman Pasha (also spelled ''Uthman Pasha'' or ''Othman Pasha'') may refer to: * Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha (1527–1585), Ottoman grand vizier * Bosniak Osman Pasha (died 1685), Ottoman governor of Egypt, Damascus, and Bosnia * Topal Osman Pasha (16 ...

? * Naman Pasha ?–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 Tr ...

1846 * Esad Pasha 1847 * Vechihi Pasha 1848 *

Kâmil Pasha Mehmed Kâmil Pasha ( ota, محمد كامل پاشا مصري زاده; tr, Kıbrıslı Mehmet Kâmil Paşa, "Mehmed Kamil Pasha the Cypriot"), also spelled as Kiamil Pasha (1833 – 14 November 1913), was an Ottoman statesman and liberal pol ...

1848–1855 * Within the eyalet of Van 1855–1865 * Within the

vilayet A vilayet ( ota, , "province"), also known by #Names, various other names, was a first-order administrative division of the later Ottoman Empire. It was introduced in the Vilayet Law of 21 January 1867, part of the Tanzimat reform movement init ...

of Iraq 1865–1875 * ? 1875–1889 * Kürd Reshid Pasha 1889 * ? 1889–1894 *

Aziz Pasha Aziz ( ar, عزيز, , is an Arabic male name. The feminine form of both the adjective and the given name is Aziza. ''Aziz'' in Arabic is derived from the root ''ʕ-z-z'' with a meaning of "strong, powerful" and the adjective has acquired its m ...

1894–1895 *

Kölemen Abdullah Pasha Abdullah Pasha or Abdullah Kölemen (1846–1937) was an Ottoman general in the First Balkan War, notable as the Ottoman commander in the Battle of Kirk Kilisse in 1912, the Battle of Lule Burgas, and the Battle of Adrianople (1913) in which the ...

1896 * Zihdi Bey 1897 * Abdülwahib Pasha 1898 * Hüseyin Hazim Pasha 1898–1900 *

Hadji Reshid Pasha Hadji (also spelled ''Hajji'', ''Haji'' or ''Hatzi'') is a title and prefix that is awarded to a person who has successfully completed the Hajj ("pilgrimage") to Mecca. It may refer to: People * El Hadji Diouf (born 1981), Senegalese footballer * ...

1901 *

Nuri Pasha Nuri Killigil, also known as Nuri Pasha (1889–1949) was an Ottoman general in the Ottoman Army (1861–1922), Ottoman Army. He was the half-brother of Ottoman Minister of War, Enver Pasha. Military career Libya Infantry Machine-Gun Ca ...

1902–1904 * Mustafa Bey 1905–1908 *

Fazil Pasha Fazil may refer to: Given name * Fazil (director) (born 1953), Indian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter * Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (1635–1676), Ottoman grand vizier * Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904–1983), Turkish poet and activist * ...

1909 * Tahir Pasha 1910–1912 * Süleyman Nasif Bey 1913–1916 * Haydar Bey 1916–1918

References

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