Shihna

Shiḥna (شحنة) 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 Seljuks themselves ruled their empire, which included most of southwest Asia in the 11th century and after, from Iran.

List of shihnas[]

Baghdad[]

• Bursuq the Elder (April 1060 – 1061), the first shihna of Baghdad^[1]
• Oshin (1061–?), a ghulam^[1]
• Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi^[1]
• Ilghazi (until 1104)

References[]

• "Shihna." Encyclopedia of Islam 3rd ed. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1993.