al-Uqayr

Who holds it

Name

Shukr ibn Mansur al-Uyuni

Title

Emir of al-Hasa

Since

see lord record

Born

not pinned

Family

not pinned

Confidence

low

Assumed to follow al-Hasa.

Lord in 1200

Shukr ibn Mansur al-Uyuni (with al-Hasa)

Overlord

Shukr ibn Mansur al-Uyuni (with al-Hasa)

How things stand that morning

Held by the Uyunids.

Wealth

Shipping of dates and goods between al-Hasa and the Gulf.

Council

Local notables and the qadi; names not pinned.

Communities

Arabs.

Fairs and markets

not recorded for 1200

Militia

none recorded

Trade and crafts

Shipping of dates and goods between al-Hasa and the Gulf.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Geographers' descriptions; no 1199-1200 notice of the officer found.

Primary sources for Uyunids

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• Dictionary of Countries, Yaqut al-Hamawi (1224 to 1228, at Aleppo). An alphabetical gazetteer of every place Yaqut had read of or seen: he travelled as a bookseller's agent through Syria, Iraq, Persia, Khurasan and Khwarazm (about 1213 to 1220) and settled in Aleppo. Read online