Ahmad ibn Tulun
eBook - ePub

Ahmad ibn Tulun

Governor of Abbasid Egypt, 868–884

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ahmad ibn Tulun

Governor of Abbasid Egypt, 868–884

About this book

Ahmad ibn Tulun (835–884) governed Egypt on behalf of the Abbasid dynasty for sixteen years. An aggressive and innovative actor, he pursued an ambitious political agenda, including the introduction of dynastic rule over Egypt, that put him at odds with his imperial masters. Throughout, however, he retained close ties to the Abbasid house and at no point did he assert outright independence. In this volume, Matthew Gordon considers Ibn Tulun's many achievements in office as well as the crises, including the betrayals of his eldest son and close clients, that marred his singular career.

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Information

Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781786079947
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Maps
  5. Chronology
  6. The Tulunid Household
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 The First Decade in Office 868–877
  9. 2 The Last Years in Office 877–884
  10. 3 Governing Egypt
  11. 4 City and Ceremony
  12. Conclusion: Tulunid Fortunes
  13. Acknowledgments
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index
  16. Copyright