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Ahmad ibn Tulun enters Fustat as Bayakbak's lieutenant, 254/868

دخول أحمد بن طولون الفسطاط نائباً عن باكبك، ٢٥٤هـ/٨٦٨م

c. 15 September 868 CE · 23 Ramadan 254 AH

Al-Fustat

In 254/868 the caliph al-Mu'tazz granted Egypt as an apanage to the Turkish general Bayakbak, who had married the widow of Tulun, Ahmad's father. Ahmad was appointed his stepfather's lieutenant and entered Fustat on 23 Ramadan 254/15 September 868 — the first Muslim governor of Egypt who would go on to annex Syria 1 2.

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Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
Egypt & Nile

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860870880 c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation

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In 254/868 the caliph al-Mu'tazz granted Egypt as an apanage to the Turkish general Bayakbak, who had married the widow of Tulun, Ahmad's father. Ahmad was appointed his stepfather's lieutenant and entered Fustat on 23 Ramadan 254/15 September 868 — the first Muslim governor of Egypt who would go on to annex Syria 1 2.

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Ahmad ibn Tulun· باكباك
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People and things also explored

Bayakbak's murder; Egypt's apanage passes to Yarjukh, 256/870· Ibn Tulun's troops swear personal allegiance; he takes Egypt's and the Marches' finances, 258/871-872· Ahmad ibn Tulun· Al-Fustat· Dar al-Anmat· The White House (al-Dar al-Bayda'), al-Fustat· The Pepper House (Dar al-Fulful), al-Fustat· Dar al-Raml, al-Fustat

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 300
  2. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 10 p. 666
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Bayakbak's murder; Egypt's apanage passes to Yarjukh, 256/870

In 256/870 Bayakbak, holder of Egypt's apanage, was killed — al-Mas'udi says he fell into al-Muhtadi's hands and was beheaded, or was killed in the battle of the Samarra bridge. Egypt was then granted as an apanage to Yarjukh, who had married one of his daughters to Ibn Tulun; he confirmed Ahmad as vice-governor and added Alexandria, Barqa and the frontier districts, hitherto outside his government — after a four-year struggle with the intendant of finance Ibn al-Mudabbir that ended in the latter's removal.