Ruler · 835 – 884

Ahmad ibn Tulun

Lived 835 – 884; military personnel. Amir of Tulunids, 868 – 884.

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Lived: 835 – 884; 49 years
In office: 16 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Tulunids
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

Amir

Tulunids · the 1st of 5 dated reigns · 868 – 905

Ahmad ibn Tulun868 – 884

Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun884 – 896

Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh ibn Khumarawayh896

Harun ibn Khumarawayh896 – 904

1 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 868 – 884 · 16 years · came to it aged 33

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

Khumarawayh's son Jaysh was a drunkard who executed his uncle, Mudar ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun; he was deposed after only a few months and replaced by his brother Harun ibn Khumarawayh.

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