Matthew S. Gordon is Professor of Islamic History at Miami University, and author of The Breaking of a Thousand Swords and The Rise of Islam.

Maps

Chronology

The Tulunid Household
INTRODUCTION

The Political and Military Setting

Ibn Tulun and Abbasid Politics

Governing Abbasid Egypt
1 THE FIRST DECADE IN OFFICE 868?877

The Appointment to Egypt

The Claim to Full Authority

Pacification and the Tulunid Military

The Imperial Stage
2 THE LAST YEARS IN OFFICE 877?884

The New Syrian Campaign

Father and Son

Tarsus and Damascus

The Question of Legacy
3 GOVERNING EGYPT

Representing Ibn Tulun

Egypt and the Samarran Command

Family and Household

The Tulunid Army and Police

The Tulunid Economy and its Administration
4 CITY AND CEREMONY

Al-Qata'i`

The City as Stage

The Military Command

The Religious Establishment

Damascus, the Abbasid Court, and the Frontier
CONCLUSION: TULUNID FORTUNES

The Amir's Career
Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index