Khumarawaih ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun
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Abu al-Jaysh Khumarawaih ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun (282 AH/896 AD) ruled the Tulunid State in Egypt between 270-282 AH/884-896 AD. He married his daughter Qatr Al-Nada to the Abbasid Caliph al-Mu'tadid
. Khumarawaih's authority expanded from the Euphrates
to Nubia
.
Al-Mu'tadid
Al-Mu'tadid was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 892 to 902. As the son and heir of the powerful vizier and virtual regent Al-Muwaffaq , Mu'tadid was already in possession of supreme power even before he was appointed Caliph, and continued as Caliph to ably administer the Government...
. Khumarawaih's authority expanded from the Euphrates
Euphrates
The Euphrates is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia...
to Nubia
Nubia
Nubia is a region along the Nile river, which is located in northern Sudan and southern Egypt.There were a number of small Nubian kingdoms throughout the Middle Ages, the last of which collapsed in 1504, when Nubia became divided between Egypt and the Sennar sultanate resulting in the Arabization...
.
See also
- List of rulers of Egypt