Ahmad ibn Tulun (Arabic: أحمد بن طولون, romanized: Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn‎; c. 20 September 835 – 10 May 884) was the founder of the Tulunid dynasty that ruled...

Al-ʿAbbās ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn was the eldest son of the founder of the Tulunid dynasty, Ahmad ibn Tulun, and heir-apparent until his failed attempt to...

murder of the vizier al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Jarjara'i in 908, and fled Iraq to enter the service of the governor of Egypt, Takin al-Khazari. Eventually...

Khumārawayh ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn (Arabic: أبو الجيش خمارويه بن أحمد بن طولون; 864 – 18 January 896) was a son of the founder of the Tulunid dynasty, Ahmad ibn Tulun...

Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn Al-Muʿtaḍid bi'Llāh (Arabic: أبو العباس أحمد بن طلحة الموفق), 853/4 or 860/1 – 5 April...

al-Mukarram Rabīʿah ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn (Arabic: ابو المكارم ربيعة بن أحمد بن طولون) was the fourth son of the founder of the Tulunid dynasty, Ahmad ibn...

to the Volga Bulgars Ahmad ibn Tulun, founder of the Tulunid dynasty Ahmad-Jabir Ahmadov, "Honored teacher" of Azerbaijan Ahmad Jalloul (born 1992), Lebanese...

Abu’l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muʿtamid ʿalā’Llāh (Arabic: أبو العباس أحمد بن جعفر; c. 842 – 14 October 892), better known by...

Najm al-Dīn Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Rifʿa (Arabic: ابن الرفعة), commonly known as Ibn al-Rif'ah was regarded as the leading Shafi'i jurist...

Abu’l-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Mudabbir (Arabic: أبو الحسن أحمد بن محمد بن عبدالله بن المدبّر) commonly simply known as Ibn al-Mudabbir...

Abū’l-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn Al-Muqtadir bi'Llāh (Arabic: أبو الفضل جعفر بن أحمد المعتضد بالله) (895 – 31 October...

West Frankish Kingdom Al-Abbas ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, Tulunid prince and usurper Colcu mac Connacan, Irish abbot and historian Dawud al-Zahiri, Muslim scholar...

Ahmad ibn Muzahim ibn Khaqan (Arabic: أحمد بن مزاحم بن خاقان) was the military governor (wālī al-jaysh) of Egypt for the Abbasid dynasty for a part of...

Al-Mas'udi holds that a mausoleum was built over the grave and was open to visitors on Mondays and Thursdays. Ibn Taghribirdi asserts that Ahmad ibn Tulun...

prison wall. In 882, he accompanied Caliph al-Mu'tamid (r. 870–892) in his attempted flight to join Ahmad ibn Tulun, and was briefly appointed his vizier....

Abu Ahmad Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muwaffaq bi'Llah (Arabic: أبو أحمد طلحة بن جعفر; 29 November 843 – 2 June 891), better known by his...

Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muktafī bi'Llāh (Arabic: أبو محمد علي بن أحمد; 877/78 – 13 August 908), better...

death. al-Mustansir's mihrab at the Ibn Tulun mosque, Cairo Stone inscription from al-Mustansir's time near al-Mustansir's mihrab Detail of al-Mustansir's...

Abu'l-Fadl Ja'far ibn al-Fadl ibn al-Furat (Arabic: أبو الفضل جعفر بن الفضل بن الفرات; 921 - 1001), also called Ibn Hinzaba, like his father before him...

Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 CE), from whom the dynasty takes its name. They ruled...

Yazid ibn Abdallah ibn Dinar al-Hulwani (also called al-Turki) (Arabic: يزيد بن عبد الله التركي) was the military governor (wālī al-jaysh) of Egypt for...

parent—intervene. Al-Mufawwid on 30 April 892, al-Muwaffad was removed from the succession (heir apparent) completely, and when al-Mu'tamid died in October...

Battle of Carthage 824–836 Military mutiny 879–880 Invasion of al-Abbas ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun 909 Fatimid conquest of Ifriqiya from the Aghlabids 943–947 Rebellion...

Egyptian army of Ahmad ibn Tulun, the governor of Egypt (r. 868–884), and forced the latter to cease attempts to subjugate him, al-Umari assassinated...

on behalf of the autonomous emir of Egypt, Ahmad ibn Tulun. When Lu'lu defected to the Abbasid regent al-Muwaffaq in 882, Muhammad followed his master...

the conflict, resulting in the effective loss of several provinces. Ahmad ibn Tulun, the Tulunid governor of Egypt, was able to take advantage of the Abbasids'...

West Frankish Kingdom Al-Abbas ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, Tulunid prince and usurper Colcu mac Connacan, Irish abbot and historian Dawud al-Zahiri, Muslim scholar...

Abbasids as the governor of Anbar and Rahba. When the amir of Egypt Ahmad ibn Tulun died in 884, Muhammad was presented an opportunity to capture some of...

1387–1393) Musa ibn Faris al-Mutawakkil, Sultan (1384–1386) Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Wathiq, Sultan (1386–1387) Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad al-Mustansir, Sultan...

In Tabaristan a Zaydi dynasty came to power in 864. In 868 the Turk Ahmad ibn Tulun gained control of Egypt and gradually asserted his independence from...