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Matthew S. Gordon
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Ahmad ibn Tulun
Governor of Abbasid Egypt, 868–884
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, h...
