Salomo of Makuria

Salomo or Solomon (1080 – 1089) was a ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria.

According to contemporary accounts, Salomo abdicated his throne and went to live at the church of Al-Wadi, occupying himself in prayer and religious devotion. His activities came to the attention of the governor of Upper Egypt, Sa'ad ad-Daulah al-Kawasi, who passed the information along to the Vizier Amir al-Juyush Badr; the Vizier sent men to bring him the former king to whom the Vizier gave a fine house and sought his opinion on many topics. After living for a year with the Vizier, Salomo died and was buried at the monastery of St George in Khandaq, the suburb of Cairo.[1] However, P.L. Shinnie identifies Khandaq with the settlement El Khandaq, which Shinnie notes has abundant Christian ruins, although the remains of this specific monastery have not been identified.[2]