List of rulers of Makuria
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The Kingdom of Makuria was a kingdom located in what is today Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt. It was one of a group of Nubian kingdoms that emerged during the decline of the Aksumite Empire, which it had been part of from approximately 4BC to AD 950...
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| name | date of reign | comments |
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| Qalidurut | c. 651/2 | Signed the Baqt |
| Zacharias | Rebuilt Cathedral of Dongola | |
| Merkourios Merkurios of Makuria Merkurios was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. Authorities believe that during his reign Makuria absorbed the Nubian kingdom of Nobatia.... |
696-710 | |
| Simeon Simon of Makuria Simon was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria.According to Severus of El Ashmunein, Zacharias declined the kingship when his father Merkurios died, and appointed his kinsman Simon to server instead, so he could devote himself to a religious calling.1 After an unspecified period of time Simon... |
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| Abraham Abraham of Makuria Abraham was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria.According to Severus of El Ashmunein, upon the death of king Simon, Zacharias the son of king Merkurios then appointed Abraham, "a valiant youth attached to the palace" to succeed Simon.1 However, Abraham proved to be an unsatisfactory ruler, and... |
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| Markos Markos of Makuria Markos was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. According to Severus of El Ashmunein, Markos ruled for only six months.1Markos was made king by the former king Zacharias after he had deposed Abraham and exiled him to an island in the middle of the Nile... |
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| Kyriakos Kyriakos of Makuria Kyriakos or Cyriacus was a ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. While some authorities place his reign between Merkurios and Zacharias I, according to Severus of El Ashmunein, Kyriakos succeeded Markos.... |
c. 747-68 | |
| Khael or Mikhael | c. 785/94 - 804/13 | |
| Ioannes | Before 822? or c. 850? | |
| Zakharias I Zacharias I of Makuria Zacharias I was a ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria.According to Severus of El Ashmunein, Zacharias was the son of his predecessor, Merkurios.1 Severus gives the impression that his reign was brief, for he states that "Zacharias did not choose to become king, but occupied himself with the... |
c. 835?-856/859/866 | son of Ioannes |
| Georgios I of Makuria Georgios I of Makuria Georgios I was a ruler of the Nubian state of Makuria . The events about the king are preserved in the writings of the Egyptian historians Al-Maqrizi, el-Balawi and Ibn Taghribirdi... |
856/859/866 | son of Zakharias |
| Zakharias II | 920-930 | |
| Kabil | c. 943 | |
| Georgios II Georgios II of Makuria Georgios II was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. When Jawhar, the governor of Egypt, sent a mission to receive the baqt, he included an invitation to Georgios to embrace Islam... |
969 - c. 1002 | |
| Raphael Rafael of Makuria Rafael was a ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. Contemporary writers, such as Abu Salih the Armenian, record that he constructed a palace with several domes built of red brick in the capital city, Old Dongola, around 1002, which excavations have yet to identify.-References:... |
1000- c. 1006 | |
| Stephanos | c. 1027 | |
| Solomon Salomo of Makuria Salomo or Solomon was a ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria.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... |
1077-1079/80 | supposedly restored matrilineal succession |
| Georgios III | c. 1079/80 | |
| Basileios | c. 1089 | |
| Georgios IV | 1130–1158 | son of Basileios |
| Moses Georgios | c. 1158 | son of Georgios IV |
| Murtashkar | c. 1268 | |
| David | c. 1268-1272 | |
| Shekanda | c. 1276 | |
| Barak | c. 1279 | |
| Semamun | c. 1286-1287/8 | also Simamun |
| Nephew of Semamun | 1287/8-1288 | |
| Semamun | c. 1288-1289 | |
| Nephew of David (Budamma) | c. 1289-1290 | |
| Semamun | c. 1290-1295 | |
| Ayay | c. 1304/5 | |
| Kernabes | 1311–1316 | |
| Barschanbu | 1316–1317 | |
| Kanz ed-Dawla | c. 1317 | |
| Kernabes | 1323–1324 | |
| Kanz ed-Dawla | c. 1324 | |
| al-Amir Abi Abdallah Kanz el-Dawla | 1333 |