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page 1Eunuchs in the Abbasid Caliphate
Abu al-Misk Kafur
Ruler of Ikhshidid Egypt and Syria (905–968)
Yaqut al-Musta'simi
calligrapher and secretary of the last Abbasid caliph
Mu'nis al-Khadim
Abbasid army commander (845/6–933)
Gümüshtekin
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
Lu'lu' al-Yaya
Regent of Aleppo from 1113 to 1117
Abu Sulaym Faraj al-Khadim al-Turki
8th century court eunuch and official

Yazaman al-Khadim
Muslim general
Bishr al-Afshini
military commander and governor, Byzantine Empire (800s–900s CE)
Thamal al-Dulafi
abbasid governor of Tarsus (923–932)