Ikhshidid dynasty

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The Ikhshidid dynasty was a dynasty of governors of Turkic 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

Ikhshidids. Muhammad al Ikhshid.Filastin mint. Dated AH 332

The Mashhad (Mausoleum) of Al-Tabataba (erected in 943 CE) in Cairo is the only remaining monument of the Ikhshidid period.

Ikhshidid tiraz band, conferred in the name of the Abbasids in 939-940 CE. The Arabic inscription in Kufic script reads: In the name of God [...] al-Muqtadir billah Commander of the Faithful, may God glorify him. Of what the vizier ordered [in] the private tiraz, year 312/924–925 CE. Kiswa (i.e., garment)." The inscription also contains the names of the caliph al-Radi billah and his vizier Fadl ibn Ja'far as well as the date A.H. 328 (939–40 CE) and the place of manufacture,

Court of Seljuk ruler Tughril III, circa 1200 CE.

Fatimid conquest of Egypt

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Troops of the Fatimid Caliphate under the general Jawhar captured Egypt, then ruled by the autonomous Ikhshidid dynasty in the name of the Abbasid Caliphate, in 969.

Ikhshidid 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…

Gold dinar in the name of the last Ikhshidid ruler, Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad, minted in 968/9 in Ramla, Palestine

Fatimid dinar of al-Mu'izz, minted in al-Mansuriya in 954/5

The interior courtyard of the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, where the conqueror of Egypt, Jawhar, led the Friday prayer after entering Fustat.

View of the al-Azhar Mosque, begun by Jawhar in 970, from the interior courtyard (2013)