Ikhshidid

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Refers to the art and culture associated with the Islamic Turkish dynasty of this name that ruled Syria and Egypt from 935 to 969. From 946 to 968 most governmental power lay with the vizier rather than with the sons of the dynasty's founder, Muhammad ibn Tughj. The vizier, Abu al-Misk Kafur, was a patron of learning and the arts, briefly attracting the eminent poet al-Mutanabbi to his court. The Ikhshidid dynasty was the first to restore order to Egypt after the fall of the Tulunids, laying the groundwork for the new artistic developments that occurred under the Fatimids. In 969 the Fatimids overthrew the last of the Ikhshidid rulers, a grandson of the founder, while the Hamdanids drove the Ikhshidid governors out of northern Syria.
Ikhshidid
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024