Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid

Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid was a Turkic commander of Fergana origin who became governor of Egypt in 935 and founded the Ikhshidid dynasty. In 939 the Abbasid caliph granted him the old Ferghanan princely title of ikhshid. He restored order in Egypt, held off the Fatimids and extended his rule over southern Syria and the Hejaz, leaving power at his death to his sons under the regent Kafur.