14 Facts About Tulunids

Tulunids, were a Mamluk dynasty of Turkic origin who were the first independent dynasty to rule Egypt, as well as much of Syria, since the Ptolemaic dynasty.

Tulunids subsequently achieved nominal autonomy from the central Abbasid government.

In 905, the Tulunids were unable to resist an invasion by the Abbasid troops, who restored direct caliphal rule in Syria and Egypt.

Thus the Tulunids wielded regional power, largely unhindered by imperial will; as such, the Tulunids can be compared with other 9th-century dynasties of the Muslim world, including the Aghlabids and the Tahirids.

In 878, the Jordan valley was occupied by the Tulunids, extending in the north to the outposts in the Anti-Lebanon mountains on the Byzantine border, enabling them to defend Egypt against Abbasid attack.

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Tulunids built luxuriant palaces and gardens for himself and those he favored.

Tulunids's stables were so extensive that, according to popular lore, Khumarawaih never rode a horse more than once.

Tulunids proposed his daughter's marriage to a member of the caliphal family in Baghdad.

Tulunids reformed the administration, aligning himself with the merchant community, and changing the taxation system.

Under the Tulunids, there were repairs in the agricultural infrastructure.

Tulunids achieved victory over Ibn al-Mudabbir, the head of the finance office and member of the Abbasid bureaucratic elite.

Tulunids wanted to secure Egyptian revenue for his campaign against the Zanj rebellion.

Under Ahmad's son, Khumarawayh, the Abbasids formally entered into a treaty with the Tulunids, thereby ending hostilities and resuming the payment of tribute.

Tulunids terminated the exactions of the administration's officers for their personal profit.