The Tulunids were a dynasty that ruled Egypt and parts of Syria as a practically independent emirate within the Abbasid Caliphate. Their founder, Ahmad ibn Tulun, was a Turkic soldier who had been sent to Egypt as the deputy of the governor, and who took control of the province and built up his own army and finances. He founded a new capital, al-Qata'i, north of Fustat, and built the great mosque in Cairo that carries his name and is known for its spiral minaret. His successors, notably Khumarawayh, whose reign was marked by extravagance, could not hold the state together, and in the early tenth century the Abbasids sent an army that restored direct rule.
Before and after
- from 861 CE to 1003Saffarid dynasty
- from 862 CE to 1598Rurikids
- from 865 CE to 866 CECaliphal Civil War
- 866 CEBirth of Abu Bakr al-Razi
- from 868 CE to 905 CETulunids
- 870 CEBirth of Farabi
- 8 August 870 CETreaty of Meerssen
- from 872 CE to 1521Přemyslid dynasty
- 879 CEConstruction of Mosque of Ibn Tulun
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