فاتك الرومي الإخشيدي

Abu Shuja Fatik, called al-Maymun, a Byzantine of the Ikhshidid household. Ibn al-Imad reports that he was a Byzantine boy taken young, together with his brother, from the lands of Rum near the fortress of Dhu al-Kala, and that he learned the script in Palestine. He was sold to a lady in Ramla, who then freed him. ²

The source describes him as generous of spirit, of high ambition and brave, and for that reason he was called al-Maymun. He was in the service of al-Ikhshid together with Kafur. When al-Ikhshid died and Kafur took over the service of his son, Fatik disliked remaining in Egypt so as not to ride in Kafur's service. He took al-Fayyum and its territories as an iqta'. ²

He died in Egypt in Shawwal 355 AH, according to Ibn al-Imad. Al-Mutanabbi composed a poem in his elegy. ³