Abu Shuja Muhammad al-Ashraf

Abu Shuja Muhammad al-Ashraf ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Khalaf was a vizier of the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir Billah on two brief occasions in 1064–65.

Abu Shuja's date of birth is unknown. He was the son of the Buyid vizier Fakhr al-Mulk, who had been executed by the Buyid emir Sultan al-Dawla in 1016.^[1][2] Historians stress his family's enormous wealth, but also his integrity.^[2] He served as vizier to al-Mustansir during the chaos of the Mustansirite Hardship, for only two days in December 1064 and again from January to February 1065.^[1] He held the titles of al-ajall (lit. 'the illustrious one') and al-muʿaẓẓam (lit. 'the exalted one'), as well as his father's title of fakhr al-mulk (lit. 'glory of the realm').^[3]

When Badr al-Jamali was called to take over the vizierate by al-Mustansir in 1073, Abu Shuja left for Syria, but was intercepted and executed by Badr al-Jamali.^[1][4]