Eunuchs in the Abbasid Caliphate

Ruler of Ikhshidid Egypt and Syria (905–968)

calligrapher and secretary of the last Abbasid caliph

Abbasid army commander (845/6–933)

Gümüshtekin, also known as Gumushtekin (died September 1177), was a eunuch who held high offices in the Zengids' empire. Nur ad-Din, of Aleppo, appointed him to be his lieutenant in Mosul in Iraq. After Nur ad-Din died in 1174, Gümüshtekin assumed the guardianship for Nur ad-Din's underage son, as-Salih Ismail al-Malik and took his ward from Damascus to Aleppo. He made an alliance with as-Salih's cousin Sayf al-Din Ghazi II of Mosul against Ibn al-Muqaddam who had taken control of Damascus. Ibn al-Muqaddam sought assistance from the Ayubbid ruler of Egypt, Saladin, and surrendered the city to

Regent of Aleppo from 1113 to 1117

8th century court eunuch and official

Muslim general

military commander and governor, Byzantine Empire (800s–900s CE)

abbasid governor of Tarsus (923–932)