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187:, was named as the new governor in August but the appointment was revoked a month later, before he could reach Egypt. Ibn Kayghalagh was re-appointed in his place, while a eunuch called Bushri was sent to replace Ibn Tughj in Damascus as well. Ibn Tughj resisted his replacement, and defeated and took Bushri prisoner. The Caliph then charged Ibn Kayghalagh with forcing Ibn Tughj to surrender, but although the former marched against Ibn Tughj, both avoided a direct confrontation. Instead the two men met and reached an agreement of mutual support, upholding the status quo. 211:, who backed Ibn Kayghalagh. Backed by powerful factions in Baghdad, Ibn Tughj was once more named governor of Egypt. Taking no chances, Ibn Tughj organized an invasion of the country by land and sea. Although Ibn Kayghalagh was able to delay the advance of Ibn Tughj's army, the latter's fleet took 219:
and moved on to the capital Fustat. Outmanoeuvred and defeated in battle, Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh fled to the Fatimids. The victorious Muhammad ibn Tughj entered Fustat on 26 August 935. Nothing further is known of Ibn Kayghalagh after that, except for a brief mention of him in 936.
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Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh soon proved incapable of restoring order to the increasingly turbulent Egypt. By 935, the troops were rioting over lack of pay, and Bedouin raids had recommenced. At the same time, Takin's son Muhammad and the fiscal administrator
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following a Qarmatian attack on the town, but by the time he arrived the Qarmatians had withdrawn, and the army returned to Baghdad without engaging them. In 931 he was serving as governor of
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In July 923, Ibn Kayghalagh was appointed governor of Egypt, but soon faced a revolt from the troops of the garrison, who had been left unpaid, and was replaced by
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In March 933 Takin died in Egypt, but his son and designated successor, Muhammad, failed to establish his authority in the province. The governor of Damascus,
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in 914/5, Ibn Kayghalagh was one of the commanders assigned to the campaign to subdue Husayn and restore order in the
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undermined Ibn Kayghalagh and coveted his position. Infighting broke out among the troops between the Easterners (
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The Concluding Portion of the Experience of Nations, by Miskawaihi, Vol. I: Reigns of Muqtadir, Qahir and Radi
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and proclaim the restoration of the Tulunids, while the local Abbasid commander withdrew to
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in December 905, but in the end he was defeated and captured in May 906 and brought to
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and killing him, whereupon Lashkari's followers fled and the city was retaken.
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in 904–905, Ibn Kayghalagh was named governor of the provinces of
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The Cambridge History of Egypt, Volume 1: Islamic Egypt, 640–1517
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10th-century Abbasid general and governor of Syria and Egypt
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On 22 October 906, he led the annual raid against the
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After the Abbasids recovered Syria and Egypt from the
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along with his brother, Ibrahim, under the command of
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in April 924. Four years later he was dispatched to
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Index

Arabic
Abbasid
Turkic
Syria
Egypt
Muhammad ibn Tughj
Battle of Hama
Qarmatians
Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib
al-Muktafi
Tulunids
Damascus
Jordan
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Khalanji
Fustat
Alexandria
al-Arish
Baghdad
al-Husayn ibn Hamdan
Byzantine Empire
Tarsus
Rustam ibn Baradu
al-Tabari
Halys River
Hamdanid
Husayn ibn Hamdan
Jazira
Mu'nis al-Muzaffar
Takin al-Khazari
Qasr ibn Hubayra

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