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Mameluke Dynasty of Ikhshidite Amirs
AD 935 - 969

The Ikhshidites began the process of drifting out of Abbasid control again but then found themselves trying to stop the triumphant Fatimids, ultimately unsuccessfully.

935 - 946

Muhammad ibn Tughj al Ikhshid

944

Egypt loses control of Syria to the Hamdanids of Aleppo.

946 - 961

Ūnujur

961 - 966

Alī

966 - 968

Kafur al Labi

Regent.

968 - 969

Ahmad

969 - 1171

Egypt is conquered and ruled by the North African Fatimids.

1171

The Ayyubids take control of Egypt.