Uni

ancient Egyptian official

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Merenre

  • In Merenre

    …elevated his father’s trusted minister, Uni, to the post of governor of Upper Egypt, an unprecedented honour that placed all Upper Egypt under a single official. The king also expanded the authority of the son of his father’s vizier over two nomes (administrative districts). These appointments undid a program of…

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Pepi I

  • In Pepi I

    Uni, another Upper Egyptian and a close confidant of the king, recruited troops from Nubia as well as from Egypt in preparation for raids against rebellious Bedouins of the northeastern frontier.

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