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Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib

d. 917 CE · 10th century

Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib was an Abbasid commander who ended the Tulunid dynasty in Egypt. In 904 and 905 he led a campaign through Syria into Egypt, taking Fustat in January 905. His troops razed the Tulunid capital of al-Qata'i, sparing only the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, and Egypt returned to direct Abbasid rule.

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Tulunid emirate

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