List of rulers of Mosul

This is a list of the rulers of the Iraqi city of Mosul.

Umayyad governors

 * Muhammad ibn Marwan (ca. 685–705)
 * Yusuf ibn Yahya ibn al-Hakam (ca. 685–705)
 * Sa'id ibn Abd al-Malik (ca. 685–705)
 * Yahya ibn Yahya al-Ghassani (719–720)
 * Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan (720–724)
 * Al-Hurr ibn Yusuf (727–731/32)
 * Yahya ibn al-Hurr (732/33)
 * Al-Walid ibn Talid (733–739)
 * Abu Quhafa ibn al-Walid (739–743)
 * Al Qatiran ibn Akmad ibn al-Shaybani (744–745)
 * Hisham ibn Amr-al Zubayr (745–750)

Abbasid governors

 * Muhammad ibn Sawl (750–751)
 * Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Ali (c. 751)
 * Ismail ibn Ali ibn Abdullah (751–759)
 * Malik ibn al-Haytham al-Khuzai (759–762)
 * Ja'far ibn Abu Jafar (762–764)
 * Khalid ibn Barmak (764–766)
 * Ismail ibn Abd Allah ibn Yazid (768–770)
 * Yazid ibn Usayd ibn Zafir al-Sulami (770)
 * Musa ibn Ka'b (771–772)
 * Khalid ibn Barmak and Musa ibn Mus'ab (772–775)
 * Ishaq ibn Sulayman al-Hashimi (776)
 * Hassan al Sarawi (776–777)
 * Abd al-Samad ibn Ali (778)
 * Muhammed ibn al-Fadl (779–780)
 * Ahmad ibn Ismail ibn Ali (781–782)
 * Musa ibn Mus'ab (782–783)
 * Hashim ibn Sa'id (785)
 * Abd al-Malik ibn Salih (785–787)
 * Ishaq ibn Muhammed (787–778)
 * Saíd ibn al-Salm (778–789)
 * Abd Allah ibn Malik (789–791)
 * al-Hakam ibn Sulayman (791)
 * Muhammed ibn al-Abbas al-Hashimi (791–796)
 * Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Harazi (796–797)
 * Harthama ibn A'yan (798–802), with various deputies
 * Nadal ibn Rifa's (804–805)
 * Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Hatim (806)
 * Ali ibn Sadaqa ibn Dinar (c. 806)
 * Muhammed ibn al-Fadl (806–809)
 * Ibrahim ibn al-Abbas (809)
 * Khalid ibn Yazid (810)
 * al-Muttalib ibn Abd Allah (811)
 * al-Hasan ibn Umar (812)
 * Tahir ibn Husayn (813)
 * Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Sailh (814–817)
 * al-Sayyid ibn Anas (817–826)
 * Muhammed ibn Humayd al-Tusi (826–827)
 * Harun ibn Abu Khalid (827)
 * Muhammed ibn al-Sayyid ibn Anas (827–828)
 * Malik ibn Tawk (829–831)
 * Mansur ibn Bassam (c.834)
 * Abd Allah ibn al-Sayyid ibn Anas (c. 838)
 * Akaba ibn Muhammad (before 868)
 * Hasan ibn Ayyub (before 868)
 * Abd Allah ibn Sulayman (c. 868)
 * Musawir: Kharijite rebel (868)
 * Azugitin (873–874), with deputies
 * Khidr bin Ahmad (c. 874)
 * Autonomous:
 * Ishaq ibn Kundaj (879–891)
 * Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Kundaj (891–892)
 * Ahmad ibn Isa al-Shaybani (892–893)
 * Hamdan ibn Hamdun, rebel Hamdanid (892–895)
 * Direct Abbasid control
 * Hasan ibn Ali  (c. 895)
 * Abu Muhammad Ali ibn al-Mu'tadid (c. 899–902)

Hamdanid emirs

 * Abdallah Abu'l-Hayja ibn Hamdan, 905–913, 914–916 926–929, as Abbasid governor
 * Nasir al-Dawla, 929–930 and 935–967
 * Sa'id ibn Hamdan, 931–934
 * Abu Taghlib, 967–978
 * Directly administered as part of the Buyid emirate of Iraq, 978–989
 * Abu Tahir Ibrahim and Abu Abdallah Husayn, 989–990

Uqaylid emirs

 * Muhammad ibn al-Musayyab ca. 990–991/2
 * Abu Ja'far al-Hajjaj (Buyid governor) 991/2–996
 * Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab 996–1001
 * Qirwash ibn al-Muqallad 1001–1050
 * Baraka ibn al-Muqallad 1050–1052
 * Quraysh ibn Baraka 1052–1061
 * Under Seljuk suzerainty 1055–1096
 * Muslim ibn Quraysh 1061–1085
 * Ibrahim ibn Quraysh 1085–1089/90
 * Fakhr al-Dawla ibn Jahir (vizier of Malik-Shah I) 1089/90–1092
 * Ali ibn Muslim 1092
 * Ibrahim ibn Quraysh 1092–1093
 * Ali ibn Muslim 1093–1096

Seljuk Atabegs

 * Kerbogha, 1096–1102
 * Sunqurjah, officer of Kerbogha, 1102.
 * Musa al-Turkomani, Kerbogha's deputy at Hisn Kaifa, 1102.
 * Jikirmish 1102–1106
 * Jawali Saqawa, 1106–1109
 * Mawdud, 1109–1113
 * Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi, 1113–1114
 * Juyûsh-Beg, 1114–1124
 * Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi, second rule, 1124–1126
 * Mas’ûd ibn Bursuqî, son of Aqsunqur al-Bursuqi, 1126–1127.

Zengid emirs

 * [Under Seljuk sovereignty]
 * Imad al-Din Zengi 1127–1146
 * Saif ad-Din Ghazi I 1146–1149
 * Qutb ad-Din Mawdud 1149–1169
 * Ghazi II Saif ud-Din 1169–1180
 * Mas'ud I 'Izz ud-Din 1180–1193 and:
 * Sanjar Shah (at Jazira) 1176–1208 and:
 * Arslan I Shah Nur ud-Din 1193–1211 and:
 * Mahmud Muizz ad-Din (at Jazira) 1208–1241 and:
 * Mas'ud II 'Izz ud-Din 1211–1218 and afterwards:
 * Arslan II Shah Nur ud-Din 1218–1219 and afterwards:
 * Nasir ad-Din Mahmud 1219–1234.

Lu'lu'id emirs

 * Badr al-Din Lu'lu', former atabeg to Nasir ad-Din Mahmud, 1234–1259
 * [Under Mongols suzerainty beginning in 1254]
 * As-Salih Isma'il, son of Badr al-Din Lu'lu', in Mosul and Sinjar, 1259–1262
 * Al-Muzaffar 'Ala' al-Din 'Ali, son of Badr al-Din Lu'lu', in Sinjar, 1259
 * Sayf al-Din Ishāq, son of Badr al-Din Lu'lu', in Jazirat ibn 'Umar, 1259-1262.

Mongol Governors

 * Mulay Noyan c. 1296–1312
 * Amīr Sūtāy 1312–1331/1332, Sutayid
 * Alī Pādshāh, Oirat 1332–1336
 * Ḥājī Ṭaghāy ibn Sūtāy 1336–c. 1342, Sutayid
 * Ibrahim Shah 1342–1347, Sutayid, nephew of Ḥājī Ṭaghāy
 * To the house of Jalayirid of Baghdad 1340s–1383

Jalayirid

 * Bayazid 1382–1383
 * To the Horde of the Black Sheep 1383–1401
 * To the Timurid Empire 1401–1405
 * To the Horde of the Black Sheep 1405–1468
 * To the Horde of the White Sheep 1468–1508
 * To Persia 1508–1534
 * To the Ottoman Empire 1534–1623
 * To Persia 1623–1638
 * To the Ottoman Empire 1638–1917

Ottoman governors

 * Ezidi Mirza (1649-1650)
 * Hatibzade Yahya Pasha (1748)
 * Hüseyin Pasha 1758–?
 * Murad Pasha ?
 * Sa'dullah Pasha ?
 * Hasan Pasha of Mosul ?
 * Mehmed Pasha of Mosul ?
 * Süleyman Pasha ?
 * Mehmed Amin Pasha ?
 * Mahmud Pasha ?
 * Abdurrahman Pasha ?
 * Ahmed Pasha ?
 * Osman Pasha ?
 * Naman Pasha ?–1831
 * Omari Pasha 1831–1833
 * Yahya Pasha 1833–1834
 * Injal Pasha 1835–1840
 * ? 1840–1844
 * Sherif Pasha 1844–1845
 * Tayyar Pasha 1846
 * Esad Pasha 1847
 * Vechihi Pasha 1848
 * Kâmil Pasha 1848–1855
 * Within the eyalet of Van 1855–1865
 * Within the vilayet of Iraq 1865–1875
 * ? 1875–1889
 * Kürd Reshid Pasha 1889
 * ? 1889–1894
 * Aziz Pasha 1894–1895
 * Kölemen Abdullah Pasha 1896
 * Zihdi Bey 1897
 * Abdülwahib Pasha 1898
 * Hüseyin Hazim Pasha 1898–1900
 * Hadji Reshid Pasha 1901
 * Nuri Pasha 1902–1904
 * Mustafa Bey 1905–1908
 * Fazil Pasha 1909
 * Tahir Pasha 1910–1912
 * Süleyman Nasif Bey 1913–1916
 * Haydar Bey 1916–1918