Introduces one of the most important figures in the early history of Islamic Egypt

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-Qatäi`

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

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.