Montuemhat served the Nubian Kings Taharqa and Tanutamun of the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty. Montuemhat became the ruler of Upper Egypt down to El-Ashmunein, or Hermopolis. Later, in the time of Psammetik the First of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty, Montuemhat was officially the highest authority in Thebes.

Qaraqush was a servant of Sultan Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi(Şalāh Al-Dίn Al-Āίūbί). When the Ayyubi state was established, Salah al-Din gave him responsibility for his palace; later he appointed him to be his deputy in Egypt and depended on him to manage affairs of state.