Salomo of Makuria

Salomo or Solomon (1080 – 1089) 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. His activities came to the attention of the governor of Upper Egypt, Sa'ad ad-Daulah al-Kawasi, who passed the information along to the Vizier Amir al-Juyush Badr; the Vizier sent men to bring him the former king to whom the Vizier gave a fine house and sought his opinion on many topics. After living for a year with the Vizier, Salomo died and was buried at the monastery of St George in Khandaq, the suburb of Cairo.[1] However, P.L. Shinnie identifies Khandaq with the settlement El Khandaq, which Shinnie notes has abundant Christian ruins, although the remains of this specific monastery have not been identified.[2]

References

  1. ^ B.T.A. Evetts (translator), The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and Some Neighboring Countries attributed to Abu Salih, the Armenian, with added notes by Alfred J. Butler (Oxford, 1895), pp. 270f
  2. ^ P.L. Shinnie, Ancient Nubia (London: Kegan Paul, 1996), pp. 129.
Preceded by
Georgios III		 King of Makuria Succeeded by
Basileios