Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid

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Turkic person founder of a dynasty governor military commander ruler

Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid was a 10th-century Turkic military commander and governor who became de facto ruler of Egypt and Syria under the Abbasid Caliphate and established a semi-autonomous state there.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Ikhshid 1
Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic person ⓘ
founder of a dynasty ⓘ
governor ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
alias al-Ikhshid NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy Abbasid caliph al-Radi NERFINISHED ⓘ
assertedAutonomyFrom Abbasid central government NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 882 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 946 ⓘ
deathPlace Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasty Ikhshidid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 10th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Turkic ⓘ
familyName ibn Tughj NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Tughj ibn Juff NERFINISHED ⓘ
founded Ikhshidid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ikhshidid state in Egypt and Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor establishing semi-autonomous rule in Egypt and Syria ⓘ
founding the Ikhshidid state ⓘ
stabilizing Egypt during 10th-century Abbasid decline ⓘ
maintainedNominalLoyaltyTo Abbasid caliph ⓘ
militaryRank commander ⓘ
nobleTitle Ikhshid NERFINISHED ⓘ
al-Ikhshid NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitleLanguage Sogdian NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitleMeaning prince ⓘ
occupation governor ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
positionHeld de facto ruler of Egypt ⓘ
de facto ruler of Syria ⓘ
governor of Egypt ⓘ
governor of Syria ⓘ
powerBase Fustat NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Abbasid governors of Egypt ⓘ
regionRuled Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
servedUnder Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid NERFINISHED ⓘ
workLocation Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Ikhshidid dynasty → foundedBy → Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ⓘ
Ikhshidid dynasty → founder → Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ⓘ
Ikhshidid dynasty → notableRuler → Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ⓘ
Ikhshidid dynasty → notableRuler → Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid
Ikhshidid dynasty → notableRuler → Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Ikhshid