Shayban ibn 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 ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun
شيبان بن أحمد بن طولون
Ruler of Egypt
Rule904 – 905
PredecessorHarun ibn Khumarawayh
BornEgypt
Died904/05
Egypt, Abbasid Caliphate
HouseTulunid
FatherAhmad ibn Tulun

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

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  1. ^ 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.
Preceded by Tulunid Emir of Egypt
904–905
Abbasid reconquest