Ikhshidid dynasty

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Muslim dynasty Turkic dynasty medieval dynasty

The Ikhshidid dynasty was a 10th-century Muslim dynasty of Turkic origin that ruled Egypt and parts of the Levant as semi-autonomous governors under the Abbasid Caliphate before being supplanted by the Fatimids.

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Label Occurrences
Ikhshidid dynasty canonical 2
Ikhshidid dynasty in Egypt 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim dynasty ⓘ
Turkic dynasty ⓘ
medieval dynasty ⓘ
administrativeLanguage Arabic ⓘ
capital Fustat ⓘ
controlledTradeRoute routes between Egypt and the Levant ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
currency dinar ⓘ
dirham ⓘ
deposedBy Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
dynasticNameDerivedFrom title "Ikhshid" granted to Muhammad ibn Tughj by the Abbasid caliph ⓘ
endTime 969 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Turkic ⓘ
foundedBy Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ⓘ
founder Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ⓘ
governmentType emirate ⓘ
historicalEra 10th century ⓘ
lastRuler Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad ibn Ali ⓘ
legalSystem Islamic law ⓘ
militaryConflict conflicts with local Bedouin tribes ⓘ
conflicts with the Fatimids ⓘ
notableCity Damascus ⓘ
Fustat ⓘ
Ramla ⓘ
notableFeature semi-autonomous rule under nominal Abbasid suzerainty ⓘ
strong role of the eunuch Kafur in governance ⓘ
notableRuler Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ⓘ
surface form: Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Ikhshid

Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ⓘ
surface form: Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid

Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ⓘ
overlord Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
partOf Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
politicalStatus autonomous province of the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
powerBehindTheThrone Abu'l-Misk Kafur ⓘ
predecessor Abbasid governors of Egypt ⓘ
primaryReligionOfSubjects Islam ⓘ
regionRuled Egypt ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Palestine ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
secondaryReligionOfSubjects Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
startTime 935 ⓘ
successor Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
titleOfRuler emir ⓘ
usedCalendar Islamic calendar ⓘ
vassalOf Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fatimid Caliphate → predecessor → Ikhshidid dynasty ⓘ
Islam in Egypt → hasHistoricalPhase → Ikhshidid dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ikhshidid dynasty in Egypt
Fustat → capitalDuringDynasty → Ikhshidid dynasty ⓘ