Salomo or Solomon (10801089) was a ruler of the

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n kingdom of

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. According to contemporary accounts, Salomo abdicated his throne and went to live at the church of Al-Wadi, occupying himself in prayer and religious devotion. His activities came to the attention of the governor of Upper Egypt, Sa'ad ad-Daulah al-Kawasi, who passed the information along to the Vizier Amir al-Juyush Badr; the Vizier sent men to bring him the former king to whom the Vizier gave a fine house and sought his opinion on many topics. After living for a year with the Vizier, Salomo died and was buried at the monastery of St George in Khandaq, the suburb of

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. However, P.L. Shinnie identifies Khandaq with the settlement El Khandaq, which Shinnie notes has abundant

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ruins, although the remains of this specific monastery have not been identified.P.L. Shinnie, ''Ancient Nubia'' (London: Kegan Paul, 1996), pp. 129.

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