Abu Shuja' the Monk
أبو شجاع الراهب
Abu Shuja' b. Qasas — the monk who ran the Fatimid caliph al-Amir's confiscation regime in Egypt until al-Miqdad, governor of Misr, killed him and crucified the body by the bridge 1.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Politician
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Review
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Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Shuja' the Monk”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-shujaa-ibn-qasas/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.