Shiḥna () was a medieval Islamic term meaning, roughly, "military administrator." The term was used particularly for the Seljuk Turks' representative in Iraq, who exerted the Seljuks' power over the

Abbasid caliph The Abbasid caliphs were the holders of the Islamic title of caliph who were members of the Abbasid dynasty, a branch of the Quraysh tribe descended from the uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib. The family came ...

. The Seljuks themselves ruled their empire, which included most of

southwest Asia Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of the larger geographical region of Asia, as defined by some academics, UN bodies and other institutions. It is almost entirely a part of the Middle East, and includes Ana ...

in the 11th century and after, from Iran.

List of ''shihna''s

Baghdad

Bursuq the Elder Bursuq (died 1097), often recorded as Bursuq the Elder and ''Amir Ispahsalar'' Bursuq, fa, امیر اسپهسالار برسق ''Amīr Ispahsālār Bursuq'' was a prominent political and military figure of the Great Seljuk Empire and the founder ...

(April 1060 – 1061), the first ''shihna'' of Baghdad * Oshin (1061–?), a ''ghulam'' *

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. Access ...

Ilghazi Najm ad-Din Ilghazi ibn Artuq (died November 8, 1122) was the Turkmen Artukid ruler of Mardin from 1107 to 1122. He was born into the Oghuz tribe of Döğer. Biography His father Artuk Bey was the founder of the Artukid dynasty, and had bee ...

(until 1104)

References

{{reflist *"Shihna." ''Encyclopedia of Islam'' 3rd ed. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1993. Islamic terminology Seljuk dynasty Government of the Abbasid Caliphate