Maps Chronology The Tulunid Household INTRODUCTION The Political and Military Setting Ibn Tulun and Abbasid Politics Governing Abbasid Egypt 1 THE FIRST DECADE IN OFFICE 868
877 The Appointment to Egypt The Claim to Full Authority Pacification and the Tulunid Military The Imperial Stage 2 THE LAST YEARS IN OFFICE 877
884 The New Syrian Campaign Father and Son Tarsus and Damascus The Question of Legacy 3 GOVERNING EGYPT Representing Ibn Tulun Egypt and the Samarran Command Family and Household The Tulunid Army and Police The Tulunid Economy and its Administration 4 CITY AND CEREMONY Al-Qatäi` The City as Stage The Military Command The Religious Establishment Damascus, the Abbasid Court, and the Frontier CONCLUSION: TULUNID FORTUNES The Amir
s Career Acknowledgments Bibliography Index
