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Governors of Arab Egypt (640–1250) and Mamluk Egypt (1250–1517).
The Rashidun Caliphs era (640–658)
# | Governor (Amir) | Start | End | Period | Fate | |
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1 | Amr ibn al-As | No picture available | 640 | 646 | 6 years | Secluded by Uthman Ibn Affan |
2 | Abdallah ibn Sa'ad | No picture available | 646 | 656 | 10 years | Overthrown by Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfa |
3 | Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfa | No picture available | 656 | 657 | 1 year | Killed |
4 | Qays ibn Sa'ad | No picture available | 657 | 657 | 6 months | Secluded |
5 | Malik ibn al-Harith | No picture available | 657 | 657 | 1 day | Died before reaching Al-Fustat |
6 | Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr | No picture available | 658 | 658 | 5 months | Killed |
Umayyad Caliphate era (659–750)
# | Governor (Wali) | Start | End | Comments |
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1 | 'Amr ibn al-'As | 658 | 664 | Conqueror of Egypt. Died in office |
2 | Utba ibn Abi Sufyan | 664 | 665 | Brother of Mu'awiya I. Died |
3 | Utba ibn Amir | 665 | 667 | Muleteer of Muhammad. Unseated |
4 | Maslama ibn Mukhallad al-Ansari | 667 | 682 | Leading Umayyad partisan in Egypt. Died in office |
5 | Sa'id ibn Yazid ibn al-Qama al-Azdi | 682 | 684 | Unseated |
6 | Abd al-Rahman ibn Utba al-Fihri | 684 | 684 | Appointed by Ibn al-Zubayr |
7 | Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam | 685 | 705 | Died in office |
8 | Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam | 705 | 709 | Unseated |
9 | Qurra ibn Sharik al-Absi | 709 | 715 | Died in office |
10 | Abd al-Malik ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi | 715 | 717 | Unseated |
11 | Ayyub ibn Sharhabil | 717 | 720 | - |
12 | Bishr ibn Safwan al-Kalbi | 720 | 721 | Became the governor of Ifriqiya |
13 | Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi | 721 | 724 | - |
14 | Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan | 724 | 724 | Resigned after witnessing an epidemic |
15 | Al-Hurr ibn Yusuf | 724 | 727 | Died in office. Egypt under the de facto rule of Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab. |
16 | Abd al-Malik ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi | 727 | 727 | Egypt under the de facto rule of Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab. |
17 | Al-Walid ibn Rifa'a ibn Thabit al-Fahmi | 727 | 735 | Unseated. Egypt under the de facto rule of Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab. |
18 | Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid al-Fahmi | 735 | 737 | Unseated |
19 | Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi | 737 | 741 | Became the Wali of Africa |
20 | Hafs ibn al-Walid ibn Yusuf al-Hadrami | 741 | 744 | Resigned |
21 | Hasan ibn Atahiya | 744 | 744 | Ran away after opposition by the Hafsiya |
22 | Hafs ibn al-Walid ibn Yusuf al-Hadrami | 744 | 745 | Installed by the Hfsiya, surrendered to his successor without a fight |
23 | al-Hawthala ibn Suhayl al-Bahili | 745 | 749 | Unseated |
24 | Al-Mughira ibn Ubayd al-Fazari | 749 | 749 | Died |
25 | Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn Musa ibn Nusayr | 749 | 749 | Unseated by the Abbasids |
Abbasid Caliphate era (750–969)
Governors during the First Abbasid Period (750–868)
# | Governor | Start | End | Period | Governor Title | Fate |
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1 | Salih ibn Ali ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas | 750 | 751 | 1 year | Wali | Became the wali of Palestine |
2 | Abu Awn Abd al-Malik ibn Yazid | 751 | 753 | 2 years | Wali | Ran away after an epidemic |
3 | Salih ibn Ali ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas | 753 | 755 | 2 years | Wali | Unseated |
4 | Abu Awn Abd al-Malik ibn Yazid | 755 | 758 | 3 years | Wali | Unseated |
5 | Musa ibn Ka'b al-Tamimi | 758 | 759 | 1 year | Wali | Died |
6 | Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i | 759 | 760 | 1 year | Wali | Unseated |
7 | Humayd ibn Qahtaba | 760 | 762 | 2 years | Wali | Unseated |
8 | Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi | 762 | 769 | 8 years | Wali | Unseated |
9 | Abdallah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj al-Tujibi | 769 | 772 | 4 years | Wali | - |
10 | Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj al-Tujibi | 772 | 772 | 8 months | Wali | Died |
11 | Musa ibn Ali ibn Rabah al-Lakhmi | 772 | 778 | 6 years | Wali | - |
12 | Isa ibn Luqman | 778 | 779 | 4 months | Wali | Unseated |
13 | Wadih | 779 | 779 | 4 months | Wali | Unseated |
14 | Mansur ibn Yazid ibn Mansur | 779 | 779 | 2 months | Wali | Unseated |
15 | Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Harashi | 779 | 780 | 1 year | Wali | Unseated |
16 | Salim ibn Sawada al-Tamimi | 780 | 781 | 1 year | Wali | Unseated |
17 | Ibrahim ibn Salih ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas | 781 | 784 | 3 years | Wali | Unseated |
18 | Musa ibn Mus'ab | 784 | 785 | 1 year | Wali | Killed |
19 | Asama ibn Amr | 785 | 785 | 2 months | Wali | Unseated |
20 | al-Fadl ibn Salih ibn Ali al-Abbasi | 785 | 786 | 1 year | Wali | Unseated |
21 | Ali ibn Salman al-Abbasi | 786 | 787 | 1 year | Wali | Unseated by the new Abbasid wali |
22 | Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi | 787 | 789 | 2 years | Wali | Unseated |
23 | Maslama ibn Yahya al-Bajali | 789 | 789 | 11 months | Wali | Unseated |
24 | Muhammad ibn Zuhayr al-Azdi | 789 | 790 | 6 months | Wali | Unseated |
25 | Dawud ibn Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi | 790 | 791 | 1 years | Wali | Unseated |
26 | Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi | 791 | 792 | 1 years | Wali | Unseated |
27 | Ibrahim ibn Salih ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas | 792 | 792 | Less than a year | Wali | Unseated |
28 | Abdullah Ibn Al-Maseeb Ibn Zohair Al-Dabii | 792 | 793 | 1 year | Wali | Unseated |
29 | Ishaq ibn Sulayman | 793 | 794 | 1 year | Wali | Unseated |
30 | Harthama ibn A'yan | 794 | 795 | 1 year | Wali | Became the wali of Ifriqiya |
31 | Abd al-Malik ibn Salih | 795 | 795 | Less than a year | Wali | - |
32 | Abdallah ibn al-Masib al-Abbasi | 795 | 795 | 10 months | Wali | Unseated |
33 | Abdallah ibn al-Mahdi al-Abbasi | 795 | 795 | Less than a year | Wali | Unseated |
34 | Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi | 795 | 796 | 1 year | Wali | Unseated |
35 | Abdallah ibn al-Mahdi al-Abbasi | 796 | 797 | 1 year | Wali | Unseated |
36 | Ismail ibn Salih al-Abbasi | 797 | 798 | 1 year | Wali | Unseated |
37 | Ismail ibn Isa al-Abbasi | 798 | 798 | Less than a year | Wali | Unseated |
38 | al-Layth ibn al-Fadl | 798 | 803 | 5 years | Wali | Unseated |
39 | Ahmad ibn Ismail ibn Ali ibn Abdallah al-Abbasi | 803 | 805 | 2 years | Wali | Unseated |
40 | Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi | 805 | 806 | 1 year | Wali | Unseated |
41 | al-Hussayn ibn Jamil | 806 | 808 | 2 years | Wali | Unseated |
42 | Malik ibn Dalham al-Kalbi | 808 | 808 | 9 Months | Wali | Unseated |
43 | al-Hasan ibn al-Takhtakh | 809 | 809 | 11 Months | Wali | Unseated |
44 | Hatim ibn Harthama | 810 | 811 | 1 year | Wali | Unseated |
45 | Gaber Ibn Al-Asha'ath Al-Ta'ey | 811 | 812 | 2 years | Wali | Beaten off from Egypt |
46 | Abbad ibn Mohammed ibn Hayan | 812 | 813 | Less than a year | Wali | Unseated |
47 | Al-Muttalib ibn Abdallah al-Khuza'i | 813 | 814 | Less than a year | Wali | Unseated |
48 | al-Abbas ibn Musa ibn Isa al-Abbasi | 814 | 814 | Less than a year | Wali | - |
49 | Al-Muttalib ibn Abdallah al-Khuza'i | 814 | 815 | Less than a year | Wali | Beaten off from Egypt |
50 | Al-Sari ibn al-Hakam | April 816 | September 816 | 6 months | Wali | Soldiers revolted against him |
51 | Suliman Ibn Ghaleb Ibn Gabriel Al-Bagly | September 816 | March 817 | 5 months | Wali | Soldiers revolted against him |
52 | Al-Sari ibn al-Hakam | March 817 | November 820 | 3 years | Wali | - |
53 | Abu 'l-Nasr ibn al-Sari | 820 | 822 | 2 years | Wali | - |
54 | Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Mazyad | 822 | 822 | Wali | - | |
55 | Ubayd Allah ibn al-Sari | 822 | 826 | 3 years | Wali | Unseated by the new wali |
56 | Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani | 826 | 827 | 17 months | Wali | Departed for Iraq |
57 | 'Isa ibn Yazid al-Juludi | 827 | 829 | 2 years | Deputy to Abdallah ibn Tahir | Unseated |
58 | 'Umayr ibn al-Walid | 829 | 829 | Less than a year | Wali | Appointed by Abu Ishaq, killed in an anti-taxation rebellion |
60 | 'Isa ibn Yazid al-Juludi | 829 | 830 | Less than a year | Wali | Unseated |
61 | 'Abdawayh ibn Jabalah | 830 | 831 | Less than a year | Wali | Unseated |
62 | 'Isa ibn Mansur al-Rafi'i | 831 | 832 | Less than a year | Wali | Unseated |
63 | Kaydar Nasr ibn 'Abdallah | 832 | 834 | 2 years | Wali | Died |
64 | Muzaffar ibn Kaydar | 834 | 834 | 4 months | Wali | Unseated |
65 | Moussa Ibn Abu Al-Abbas | 834 | 839 | 5 years | Wali | - |
66 | Malik ibn Kaydar | 839 | 841 | 2 years | Wali | Unseated |
67 | Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani | 841 | 843 | 2 years | Wali | Unseated |
68 | 'Isa ibn Mansur al-Rafi'i | 843 | 847 | 4 years | Wali | Unseated |
69 | Harthamah ibn al-Nadr al-Jabali | 847 | 849 | 1 year | Wali | Died |
70 | Hatim ibn Harthamah ibn al-Nadr | 849 | 849 | 1 Month | Wali | Unseated |
71 | Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani | 849 | 850 | Less than a year | Wali | Unseated |
72 | Ishaq ibn Yahya ibn Mu'adh | 850 | 851 | Less than a year | Wali | Unseated |
73 | Khut 'Abd al-Wahid ibn Yahya | 851 | 852 | Less than a year | Wali | Unseated |
74 | 'Anbasa ibn Ishaq al-Dabbi | 852 | 856 | 4 years | Wali | Unseated |
75 | Yazid ibn 'Abdallah al-Hulwani | 856 | 867 | 10 years | Wali | Unseated |
76 | Muzahim ibn Khaqan | 867 | 868 | Less than a year | Wali | Died |
77 | Ahmad ibn Muzahim ibn Khaqan | 868 | 868 | Less than a year | Wali | Died |
78 | Azjur al-Turki | 868 | 868 | Less than a year | Wali | Unseated |
Emirs of the Tulunid Dynasty (868–905)
# | Emir | Start | End | Period | Fate |
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1 | Ahmad ibn Tulun | 15 September 868 | 10 May 884 | 16 years | Died |
2 | Khumarawayh | 10 May 884 | 18 January 896 | 12 years | Murdered |
3 | Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh | 18 January 896 | November 896 | 9 months | Unseated then died in jail |
4 | Harun | November 896 | 30 December 904 | 8 years | Murdered |
5 | Shayban | 30 December 904 | 10 January 905 | 10 days | Surrendered to the Abbasids |
Governors during the Second Abbasid Period (905–935)
# | Governor (Emir) | Start | End | Period | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Isa al-Nushari | 905 | 910 | 5 years | Died |
2 | Takin al-Khassa Abu Mansur Takin ibn Abdallah al-Harbi al-Khazari | 910 | 915 | 5 years | Unseated |
3 | Dhuka al-Rumi | 915 | 919 | 4 years | Died |
4 | Takin al-Khassa Abu Mansur Takin ibn Abdallah al-Harbi al-Khazari (2nd time) | 920 | 921 | 1 year | Unseated |
5 | Abu'l-Hasan Hilal ibn Badr | 921 | 923 | 2 years | Unseated |
6 | Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh | 923 | 924 | 7 months | Unseated |
7 | Takin al-Khassa Abu Mansur Takin ibn Abdallah al-Harbi al-Khazari (3rd time) | 924 | 933 | 9 years | Died |
8 | Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh (2nd time) | 933 | 935 | 1 year | Unseated |
Emirs of the Ikhshidid Dynasty (935–969)
# | Governor (Emir) | Start | End | Period | Fate | |
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1 | Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid | No picture available | 935 | 946 | 11 years | Died |
2 | Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid | No picture available | 946 | 961 | 15 years | Died |
3 | Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Ikhshid | No picture available | 961 | 966 | 5 years | Died |
4 | Abu al-Misk Kafur | No picture available | 966 | 968 | 2 years | Died |
5 | Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad ibn Ali | No picture available | 968 | 969 | 1 year | Deposed by the Fatimid conquest |
Fatimid Caliphate (969–1171)
# | Governor | Start | End | Title | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jawhar al-Siqilli | 969 | 973 | Emir | - |
2 | Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah | 973 | 975 | Caliph | - |
3 | Al-Aziz Billah | 975 | 997 | Caliph | - |
4 | Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah | 997 | 1020 | Caliph | Disappeared |
5 | Ali az-Zahir | 1020 | 1036 | Caliph | - |
6 | Al-Mustansir Billah | 1036 | 1094 | Caliph | - |
7 | Al-Musta'li | 1094 | 1102 | Caliph | - |
8 | Al-Amir bi-Ahkami'l-Lah | 1102 | 1131 | Caliph | Killed |
9 | Al-Hafiz | 1131 | 1150 | Caliph | - |
10 | Al-Zafir | 1150 | 1154 | Caliph | Killed |
11 | Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah | 1154 | 1160 | Caliph | - |
12 | Al-Adid li-Din Allah | 1160 | 1171 | Caliph | Unseated by Saladin |
Ayyubid Sultanate (1171–1252)
# | Governor | Start | End | Period | Title | Fate | |
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1 | Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub | 1171 | 1193 | 22 years | Sultan | Died | |
2 | Al-Aziz | No picture available | 1193 | 1198 | 5 years | Sultan | - |
3 | Al-Mansur | No picture available | 1198 | 1200 | 2 years | Sultan | - |
4 | Al-Adil I | No picture available | 1200 | 1218 | 18 years | Sultan | Died |
5 | Al-Kamil | 1218 | 1238 | 20 years | Sultan | Died | |
6 | Al-Adil II | No picture available | 1238 | 1240 | 2 years | Sultan | - |
7 | As-Salih Ayyub | No picture available | 1240 | 1249 | 9 years | Sultan | Died |
8 | Turanshah | No picture available | 1249 | 1250 | 1 year | Sultan | Assassinated |
* | Shajar al-Durr | No picture available | 1250 | 1250 | 80 days | Sultana | Abdicated to Aybak |
9 | Al-Ashraf Musa | No picture available | 1250 | 1252 | 2 years | Co-sultan with Aybak | Dethroned / custody |
* Shajar al-Durr widow of As-Salih Ayyub ruled as sultana after the assassination of Turanshah.
Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)
Bahri Mamluks (1250–1382)
# | Governor | Start | End | Title | Fate | Picture |
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1 | Izz al-Din Aybak | 1250 | 1257 | Sultan | Assassinated | No image available |
2 | al-Mansur Nour al-Din Ali | 1257 | 1259 | Sultan | Dethroned | No image available |
3 | al-Muzafar Seif al-Din Qutuz | 1259 | 1260 | Sultan | Assassinated | No image available |
4 | al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Bunduqdari | 1260 | 1277 | Sultan | Died | |
5 | al-Said Nasir al-Din Barakah | 1277 | 1279 | Sultan | Resigned | No image available |
6 | al-Adel Badr al-Din Solamish | 1279 | 1279 | Sultan | Dethroned | No image available |
7 | al-Mansour Seif al-Din Qalawun | 1279 | 1290 | Sultan | Died | No image available |
8 | al-Ashraf Salah al-Din Khalil | 1290 | 1293 | Sultan | Assassinated | No image available |
9 | al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Mohamed Ben Qalawun (first reign) | 1293 | 1294 | Sultan | Dethroned | No image available |
10 | al-Adil Zein al-Din Katubgha | 1294 | 1296 | Sultan | Escaped | No image available |
11 | al-Mansour Hossam al-Din Lajin | 1296 | 1299 | Sultan | Assassinated | No image available |
12 | al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Mohamed Ben Qalawun (second reign) | 1299 | 1309 | Sultan | Resigned | No image available |
13 | al-Muzafar Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Jashnakir | 1309 | 1309 | Sultan | Executed | No image available |
14 | al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Mohamed Ben Qalawun (third reign) | 1309 | 1340 | Sultan | Died | No image available |
15 | al-Mansour Saif al-Din Abu Bakr | 1340 | 1341 | Sultan | Dethroned | No image available |
16 | al-Ashraf Ala'a al-Din Kujuk | 1341 | 1342 | Sultan | Dethroned | No image available |
17 | al-Nasir Shihab al-Din Ahmad | 1342 | 1342 | Sultan | Dethroned | No image available |
18 | al-Salih Imad al-Din Abu Ismail | 1342 | 1345 | Sultan | Died | No image available |
19 | al-Kamil Seif al-Din Shaban | 1345 | 1346 | Sultan | Killed | No image available |
20 | al-Muzafar Zein al-Din Hagi | 1346 | 1347 | Sultan | Killed | No image available |
21 | al-Nasir Badr al-Din Abu al-Ma'aly al-Hassan | 1347 | 1351 | Sultan | Dethroned | No image available |
22 | al-Salih Salah al-Din Ben Mohamed | 1351 | 1354 | Sultan | Custody | No image available |
23 | al-Nasir Badr al-Din Abu al-Ma'aly al-Hassan | 1354 | 1361 | Sultan | Disappeared /prob. killed | No image available |
24 | al-Mansur Salah al-Din Mohamed Ben Hagi | 1361 | 1363 | Sultan | Dethroned for insanity | No image available |
25 | Al-Ashraf Sha'ban | 1363 | 1376 | Sultan | Executed | No image available |
26 | al-Mansur Ala-ad-Din Ali Ibn al-Ashraf Shaban | 1376 | 1381 | Sultan | Died in epidemic | No image available |
27 | Al-Salih Hajji | 1381 | 1382 | Sultan | Resigned | No image available |
Burji Mamluks (1382–1517)
# | Name | Start | End | Title | Fate |
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1 | Barquq | 1382 | 1399 | Sultan | Died |
2 | Faraj bin Barquq 1st reign | 1399 | 1405 | Sultan | Escaped |
3 | Abdul Aziz bin Barquq | 1405 | Sultan | Died in custody | |
2 | Faraj bin Barquq 2nd reign | 1405 | 1412 | Sultan | Dethroned / Killed |
4 | Al-Adil Al-Musta'in Billah | 1412 | Abbasid Caliph | Deposed | |
6 | Tatar I | 1412 | 1421 | Sultan | Died |
7 | al-Muzafar Abu al-Saadat Ahmad | 1421 | Sultan | Dethroned | |
8 | Tatar II | Sultan | Died | ||
9 | as-Salih Nasir-ad-Din Muhammad | 1421 | 1422 | Sultan | Dethroned |
10 | Barsbay | 1421 | 1438 | Sultan | Died |
11 | Jamal ad-Din Yusuf | 1438 | Sultan | Dethroned | |
12 | Jaqmaq | 1438 | 1453 | Sultan | Dethroned |
13 | Fakhr-ad-Din Uthman | 1453 | Sultan | Dethroned | |
14 | Inal | 1453 | 1460 | Sultan | Resigned due to illness and died |
15 | al-Mu'aid Shihab ud-Din Ahmed | 1460 | 1461 | Sultan | Dethroned |
16 | Khushqadam | 1461 | 1467 | Sultan | Died |
17 | Bilbay | 1467 | 1467 | Sultan | Dethroned and died in custody |
18 | Timurbugha | 1467 | 1468 | Sultan | Dethroned |
19 | al-Ashraf Qaitbay | 1468 | 1496 | Sultan | Abdicated to his son |
20 | al-Nasir Abu al-Sa'adat Muhammad 1st reign | 1496 | 1497 | Sultan | Deposed |
21 | Qansuh Khumsama'ah | 1497 | 1498 | Sultan | Escaped and disappeared |
20 | al-Nasir Abu al-Sa'adat Muhammad 2nd reign | 1496 | 1498 | Sultan | Assassinated |
22 | az-Zahir Qansuh al-Ashrafi | 1498 | 1500 | Sultan | Abdicated |
23 | al-Ashraf Janbalat | 1500 | 1501 | Sultan | Dethroned |
24 | Tuman bay I | 1501 | 1501 | Sultan | Deposed and executed |
25 | Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri | 1501 | 1516 | Sultan | Killed in Battle of Marj Dabiq |
26 | Tuman bay II | 1516 | 1517 | Sultan | Executed by the Ottoman Sultan Selim I |