List_of_rulers_of_Islamic_Egypt

List of rulers of Islamic Egypt

List of rulers of Islamic Egypt

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Governors of Arab Egypt (640–1250) and Mamluk Egypt (1250–1517). For other periods, see the list of rulers of Egypt.

Rashidun Caliphate (640–661)

More information #, Governor (Amir) ...

Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).[1]

More information #, Governor (Wali) ...

Abbasid Caliphate (750–969)

Governors during the first Abbasid period (750–868)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).[4]

More information #, Governor (Wali except where noted) ...

Autonomous emirs of the Tulunid dynasty (868–905)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).[6]

More information #, Emir ...

Governors during the second Abbasid period (905–935)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).[6]

More information #, Governor (Emir) ...

Autonomous emirs of the Ikhshidid dynasty (935–969)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).[6]

More information #, Governor (Emir) ...

Fatimid Dynasty (969–1171)

Dates for Caliphs taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).[6]

More information #, Governor ...

Ayyubid Sultanate (1171–1252)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).[6]

More information #, Governor ...

Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)

Bahri Mamluks (1250–1382, 1389-1390)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005),[6] unless otherwise stated.

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Burji Mamluks (1382-1389, 1390–1517)

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Sources

  • Bosworth, Clifford E., The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University Press, New York, 1996 (Google Books)
  • Kennedy, Hugh N. (1998). "Egypt as a Province in the Islamic Caliphate, 641–868". In Petry, Carl F. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Egypt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 62–85. ISBN 978-0-521-47137-4.
  • Kennedy, Hugh (2004). The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century (Second ed.). Harlow: Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-40525-7.

See also

Notes

  1. Shajar al-Durr has often been referred to as a "Sultana", but there is in fact no feminine form of Sultan and she herself used the title "Sultan" on her coinage.[8]

References

  1. Stewart, John (2005). African States and Rulers. London: McFarland. p. 85. ISBN 0-7864-2562-8.
  2. Kennedy 2004, pp. 80, 83.
  3. Stewart, John (2005). African States and Rulers. London: McFarland. p. 85-86. ISBN 0-7864-2562-8.
  4. Stewart, John (2005). African States and Rulers. London: McFarland. p. 86. ISBN 0-7864-2562-8.
  5. Haarmann, Ulrich (1986). "K̲h̲umārawayh". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume V: Khe–Mahi. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 49–50. ISBN 978-90-04-07819-2.
  6. Holt, P. M.; Lambton, Ann K. S.; Lewis, Bernard, eds. (1977). The Cambridge History of Islam. Cambridge University Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-521-29135-4. OCLC 3549123. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  7. Drory, Joseph (2006). "The Prince who Favored the Desert: Fragmentary Biography of al-Nasir Ahmad (d. 745/1344)". In Wasserstein, David J.; Ayalon, Ami (eds.). Mamluks and Ottomans: Studies in Honour of Michael Winter. Routledge. p. 20. ISBN 9781136579172.
  8. Drory, Joseph (2006). "The Prince who Favored the Desert: Fragmentary Biography of al-Nasir Ahmad (d. 745/1344)". In Wasserstein, David J.; Ayalon, Ami (eds.). Mamluks and Ottomans: Studies in Honour of Michael Winter. Routledge. p. 24. ISBN 9781136579172.
  9. Drory, Joseph (2006). "The Prince who Favored the Desert: Fragmentary Biography of al-Nasir Ahmad (d. 745/1344)". In Wasserstein, David J.; Ayalon, Ami (eds.). Mamluks and Ottomans: Studies in Honour of Michael Winter. Routledge. p. 28. ISBN 9781136579172.
  10. Griffith, Francis Llewellyn; and several more (1911). "Egypt/3 History" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 09 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 80–130, see pages 101 to 103.

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