At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Egypt & Nile
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
After the collapse of the removal expedition, Ibn Tulun occupied Syria in 264/878 under the pretext of holy war and the defence of the frontier against Byzantium 1, extending his authority over Hims, Hama, Aleppo, Kinnasrin and the Diyar Mudar and naming the amir Lu'lu' as his representative over them 2. He soon had to return to Egypt to face the revolt of his son al-'Abbas 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Ahmad ibn Tulun· Lu'lu' the Tulunid amir
- Occurred at
- Damascus
People and things also explored
The Damascus assembly drops al-Muwaffaq from the succession; mutual cursing, 269/882-883· the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Mosque of Ibn Tulun· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· Gold-leaf glass mosaic tesserae (Umayyad)· Al-Abbas ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun's revolt and flight to Barqa, 265/879· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 301
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 426
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Tulun annexes Syria to Egypt, 264/878”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ibn-tulun-occupies-syria-264/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-02.
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