Xᵉ siècle – Xᵉ siècle
Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Damascus and southern Syria
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The Ikhshidid State was a semi-autonomous Egyptian principality established under Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid in the tenth century. It controlled Egypt and, at different moments, southern Syria, Palestine, Jordan, and Damascus while contesting northern Syria with other military rulers. After ibn Tughj’s death, Kafur governed on behalf of his sons and later ruled in his own right. Internal military divisions and external pressure from the Fatimids contributed to the state’s conquest in 969.
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Muhammad ibn Tughj arrived in Fustat in July 935 with responsibility for both prayer and taxation, an unusual concentration of authority after the fall of the Tulunids. He had been appointed to defend the western flank of the Abbasid Caliphate against the Fatimids and received permission to establish an autonomous principality. In 939 he obtained the title al-Ikhshid, traditionally borne by princes of Ferghana.
The principality treated Syria as an integral part of its political sphere. Ibn Tughj divided Syria with Ibn Ra'ik, retaining the south, while later arrangements recognized Hamdanid control over the districts of Kinnasrin-Aleppo and Homs. The Ikhshidid ruler retained Egypt together with the military districts of Ramla-Palestine, Tiberias-Jordan, and Damascus. These boundaries remained broadly influential for roughly a century and a half, apart from brief interruptions.
Kafur, a Black eunuch appointed by Ibn Tughj to command the army, directed the state after the founder’s death and later ruled in his own name from 966 to 968. His period was marked by Fatimid pressure, Nubian attacks, Bedouin violence, food shortages, and rivalry between Black troops and the Turkish or Daylamite Ikhshidiyya. When Kafur died, the military chiefs could not produce an effective successor. Fatimid forces led by Jawhar defeated the divided Ikhshidid leadership and gained access to Fustat in 969.
Xᵉ siècle – Xᵉ siècle
Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Damascus and southern Syria
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
The Ikhshidid State was a semi-autonomous Egyptian principality established under Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid in the tenth century. It controlled Egypt and, at different moments, southern Syria, Palestine, Jordan, and Damascus while contesting northern Syria with other military rulers. After ibn Tughj’s death, Kafur governed on behalf of his sons and later ruled in his own right. Internal military divisions and external pressure from the Fatimids contributed to the state’s conquest in 969.
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Le récit
Muhammad ibn Tughj arrived in Fustat in July 935 with responsibility for both prayer and taxation, an unusual concentration of authority after the fall of the Tulunids. He had been appointed to defend the western flank of the Abbasid Caliphate against the Fatimids and received permission to establish an autonomous principality. In 939 he obtained the title al-Ikhshid, traditionally borne by princes of Ferghana.
The principality treated Syria as an integral part of its political sphere. Ibn Tughj divided Syria with Ibn Ra'ik, retaining the south, while later arrangements recognized Hamdanid control over the districts of Kinnasrin-Aleppo and Homs. The Ikhshidid ruler retained Egypt together with the military districts of Ramla-Palestine, Tiberias-Jordan, and Damascus. These boundaries remained broadly influential for roughly a century and a half, apart from brief interruptions.
Kafur, a Black eunuch appointed by Ibn Tughj to command the army, directed the state after the founder’s death and later ruled in his own name from 966 to 968. His period was marked by Fatimid pressure, Nubian attacks, Bedouin violence, food shortages, and rivalry between Black troops and the Turkish or Daylamite Ikhshidiyya. When Kafur died, the military chiefs could not produce an effective successor. Fatimid forces led by Jawhar defeated the divided Ikhshidid leadership and gained access to Fustat in 969.
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