Shayban ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun
Appearance
Shayban ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun شيبان بن أحمد بن طولون | |
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Ruler of Egypt | |
Rule | 904 – 905 |
Predecessor | Harun ibn Khumarawayh |
Born | Egypt |
Died | 904/05 Egypt, Abbasid Caliphate |
House | Tulunid |
Father | Ahmad ibn Tulun |
Shayban ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun (شيبان بن أحمد بن طولون) was the fifth and last vassal Emir of the Tulunids in Egypt (904-905). In 904–905 al-Muktafi invaded Egypt and reincorporated the country fully into the Abbasid Empire.[1]
Shayban was one of the son of Ahmad ibn Tulun, he succeeded his nephew Harun ibn Khumarawayh, who was killed in a mutiny in December 904 during the invasion of Egypt by the Abbasid Caliphate. After years of mismanagement, the emirate was beyond rescue - he was forced to retreat with his army to Fustat, where on 10 January 905 he surrendered unconditionally to the Abbasid commander Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib, ending the rule of the Tulunids.
References
[edit]- ^ Kennedy 2004, pp. 184–185.
- Kennedy, Hugh (2004). The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century (Second ed.). Harlow: Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-40525-7.