At a glance
- Roles
- Vizier
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Ahmad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Shuhayd, vizier of Abd al-Rahman al-Nasir, known by the title "Holder of the Two Viziers". 2
Al-Nasir appointed him vizier, and in 327 AH he sent him a famous gift on the eighth of Jumada al-Ula. Al-Maqqari says it contained gold, silver, musk, ambergris, silk and sable skins. He reports that it was agreed no king of al-Andalus had been given the like, and that this is established in the book of Ibn Khaldun. 2
Al-Nasir doubled the stipend of his vizierate to eighty thousand dinars and gave him the title "Holder of the Two Viziers". The source says he was the first in al-Andalus to bear that title, following Sa'id ibn Makhlad, vizier of the Abbasids in Baghdad. 2
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 392-393
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p.392-393
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islam.museum contributors. “Ahmad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Shuhayd”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ahmad-ibn-shuhayd/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.