Muhammad ibn Shu'ayb al-Zarkun

Muhammad ibn Shu'ayb al-Zarkun, known as Zerkounes (Greek: Ζερκουνῆς) in the Byzantine sources, was the fourth Emir of Crete.

The surviving records on the internal history and rulers of the Emirate of Crete are very fragmentary. He is tentatively identified as a son of the second emir, Shu'ayb, and the grandson of the conqueror of Crete and founder of the Emirate of Crete, Abu Hafs Umar. He is believed to have reigned from ca. 895 to ca. 910, succeeding his brother Umar.^[1][2][3]

References

1. Miles 1964, pp. 11–14.
2. Canard 1986, p. 1085.
3. PmbZ, Muḥammad b. Šu‘ayb (#25437).

Sources

• Canard, M. (1986). "Iḳrīṭis̲h̲". The Encyclopedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume III: H–Iram. Leiden and New York: BRILL. pp. 1082–1086. ISBN 90-04-08118-6.
• Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Ludwig, Claudia; Zielke, Beate; Pratsch, Thomas, eds. (2013). Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Nach Vorarbeiten F. Winkelmanns erstellt (in German). De Gruyter.
• Miles, George C. (1964). Byzantium and the Arabs: Relations in Crete and the Aegean Area. Dumbarton Oaks Papers 18. pp. 1–32. doi:10.2307/1291204. JSTOR 1291204.