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List of rulers of Islamic Egypt

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Governors of Arab Egypt (640–1250) and Mamluk Egypt (1250–1517). For other periods, see the list of rulers of Egypt.

Rashidun Caliphate (640–661)

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Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)

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Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).[1]

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Abbasid Caliphate (750–969)

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Governors during the first Abbasid period (750–868)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).[4]

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Autonomous emirs of the Tulunid dynasty (868–905)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).[6]

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Governors during the second Abbasid period (905–935)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).[6]

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Autonomous emirs of the Ikhshidid dynasty (935–969)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).[6]

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Fatimid Dynasty (969–1171)

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Dates for Caliphs taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).[6]

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Ayyubid Sultanate (1171–1252)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).[6]

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Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)

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Bahri Mamluks (1250–1382, 1389-1390)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005),[6] unless otherwise stated.

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Burji Mamluks (1382-1389, 1390–1517)

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Sources

  • Bosworth, Clifford E., The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University Press, New York, 1996 (Google Books)
  • Kennedy, Hugh N. (1998). "Egypt as a Province in the Islamic Caliphate, 641–868". In Petry, Carl F. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Egypt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 62–85. ISBN 978-0-521-47137-4.
  • Kennedy, Hugh (2004). The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century (Second ed.). Harlow: Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-40525-7.
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Notes

  1. Shajar al-Durr has often been referred to as a "Sultana", but there is in fact no feminine form of Sultan and she herself used the title "Sultan" on her coinage.[8]

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