Founding of the Tulunid dynasty

Name: Founding of the Tulunid dynasty
Start: 868

Type Event Region Egypt Time 868

In 868 CE, the Abbasid caliph appointed Ahmad ibn Tulun governor of Egypt; he built an independent administration in Fustat, broke from Baghdad's dir…

Timeline

868Fustat · EgyptAbbasid caliph al-Mu'tazz appointed the Turkic commander Ahmad ibn Tulun governor of Egypt and the Syrian frontier regions, granting him considerable military and political autonomy.
868–870al-Qata'i · EgyptNorth of Fustat, Tulun built the al-Qata'i quarter and the Tulun Mosque, organized a standing army and fiscal system, and ceased paying full tribute to Baghdad, forming the Tulunid dynasty—nominally subordinate but in practice autonomous.

Sources

Tulunid Dynasty https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tulunid-dynasty
The Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 1A — P. M. Holt, Ann K. S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis (eds.) (1970)