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Ikhshidid dynasty
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Egyptian Emirate (935–969 CE)
Key facts
- Status
- Emirate (vassal of the Abbasid Caliphate )
- Capital
- Fustat
- Common languages
- Arabic (predominant) , Coptic , Western Aramaic , Turkic (army)
- Religion
- Islam (predominant) , Coptic Orthodox , Maronite Church
- Government
- Monarchy
- 935 946
- Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid
- 946 961
- Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid
- 961 966
- Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Ikhshid
- 966 968
- Abu'l-Misk Kafur
- 968 969
- Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad ibn Ali ibn al-Ikhshid
- Currency
- Dinar
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical country
- Part of
- Egypt in the Middle Ages
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- El-Fustat
- Currency
- gold dinar
- Form of government
- feudal monarchy
- Founded by
- Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid
- Followed by
- Fatimid Caliphate
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- Commons category
- Ikhshidid dynasty
- inception
- 0935-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0969-00-00
- replaced by
- Fatimid Caliphate
- topic's main category
- Category:Ikhshidid dynasty
- language used
- Turkic
- official religion
- Shia Islam
- native label
- الإخشيديون
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Encyclopedic overview
The Ikhshidid dynasty (Arabic: الإخشيديون, romanized: al-Ikhshīdīyūn) was a Turkic dynasty of governors of Mamluk origin, who governed Egypt and parts of the Levant from 935 to 969 on behalf of the Abbasid Caliphate. The dynasty carried the Arabic title "Wāli" reflecting their position as governors on behalf of the Abbasids. The Ikhshidids came to an end when the Fatimid army conquered Fustat in 969. Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, a Turkic Mamluk soldier, was appointed governor by the Abbasid Caliph al-Radi.
The Ikhshidid family tomb was in Jerusalem.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ikhshidid dynasty” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.