▁Georg ios ▁I ▁( also ▁George ▁I ; ▁) ▁was ▁a ▁r uler ▁of ▁the ▁N ub ian ▁state ▁of ▁Mak uria ▁( c . ▁AD ▁ 8 6 0 ▁- ▁ 9 2 0 ). ▁The ▁events ▁about ▁the ▁king ▁are ▁preserved ▁in ▁the ▁writ ings ▁of ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁histor ians ▁Al - Ma q ri zi , ▁el - Bal aw i ▁and ▁I bn ▁Tag h rib ird i . ▁Their ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁events ▁is ▁not ▁always ▁conclus ive ▁and ▁they ▁provide ▁at ▁several ▁points ▁contradict ory ▁information , ▁making ▁it ▁for ▁the ▁modern ▁historian ▁difficult ▁to ▁re construct ▁the ▁events . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁youth , ▁his ▁father ▁Zach arias ▁III ▁appointed ▁him ▁co - reg ent ▁and ▁dispatch ed ▁him ▁on ▁the ▁long ▁journey ▁to ▁Bag hd ad . ▁For ▁several ▁years ▁Egypt ▁had ▁been ▁wra ck ed ▁by ▁civil ▁war ▁and ▁Zach arias ▁had ▁halt ed ▁pay ments ▁of ▁the ▁ba qt . ▁Once ▁I bra him ▁had ▁gained ▁control ▁over ▁Egypt ▁he ▁demanded ▁the ▁ba qt ▁be ▁res umed ▁and ▁the ▁payment ▁of ▁all ▁ar re ars . ▁In ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁reduce ▁these ▁dem ands , ▁Georg ios ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁meet ▁the ▁C ali ph . ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁certain ▁if ▁he ▁tra ve led ▁all ▁the ▁way ▁to ▁Bag hd ad ▁or ▁whether ▁he ▁simply ▁went ▁to ▁C airo ; ▁either ▁way ▁his ▁journey ▁had ▁a ▁major ▁effect , ▁and ▁a ▁new ▁treat y ▁was ▁signed ▁cancel ing ▁the ▁ar re