Shiḥna () was a medieval Islamic term meaning, roughly, "military administrator." The term was used particularly for the

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Turks' representative in Iraq, who exerted the Seljuks' power over the

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

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in the 11th century and after, from Iran in

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List of ''shihna''s

Baghdad

* Bursuq the Elder (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 Seljuk Turkoman atabeg of Mosul from 1113–1114 and again from 112 ...

* Ilghazi (until 1104) *

(1124-1125) * Baran-Qush Zakawi (1125-1126) * Zengi (1126-1127)

References

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