Murtashkara

Murtashkara
King of Makuria
Reign	?–1268 or 1269
Successor	David
Born	First half of the 13th century
Religion	Coptic Orthodox Christianity

Murtashkara, appearing in medieval Islamic sources as Abu al-Izz Murtashkara, was king of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria until he was deposed by David in 1268/9.

Mamluk sources report that Murtashkara grew blind about 1268/9. His nephew David seized the opportunity and imprisoned him, banished his sons to the Kingdom of al-Abwab in the south and seized the throne himself. Afterwards David sent gifts to the Mamluk Sultan Baybars, who recognized him as rightful Makurian king. ^[1]

See also

• List of rulers of Makuria

Citations

1. Seignobos 2018, p. 138.

References

• Seignobos, Robin (2018). "Back to the sources: Egyptian-Nubian relations under Baybars (1260-1277) according to the earliest Arabic accounts". In Matthieu Honneger (ed.). Nubian Archaeology in the XXIst century. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference for Nubian Studies, Neuchâtel, 1st-6th september 2014. Peeters Pub. pp. 135–148.