Harun of Tulunids

Harun ibn Khumarawayh ( ar, هارون بن خمارويه; died 30 December 904) was the fourth

Tulunid The Tulunids (), were a Mamluk dynasty of Turkic origin who were the first independent dynasty to rule Egypt, as well as much of Syria, since the Ptolemaic dynasty. They were independent from 868, when they broke away from the central authority ...

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(896–904). He succeeded his elder brother Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh, who had been murdered by army chiefs. He left state affairs to the

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, Abu Ja'far ibn Ali, preferring to live a life of dissolute luxury. This led to a growing crisis in the country, since state finances could not be regulated and the army leaders gradually accrued more power to themselves The

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took advantage of this state of affairs and invaded Tulunid-controlled Syria in 904. The Tulunid troops deserted, and the forces of the Caliphate were able to enter the

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valley. Harun was killed in an army mutiny. His successor was the last of the Tulunids, his uncle Shayban (904–905). 9th-century births 904 deaths 9th-century Tulunid emirs 10th-century Tulunid emirs Tulunid emirs Year of birth unknown {{Africa-royal-stub