List of rulers of Islamic Egypt

Governors of Arab Egypt and Mamluk Egypt. For other periods, see the list of rulers of Egypt.

The Rashidun Caliphs era (640–658)

See Rashidun Caliphate.

Umayyad Caliphate era (659–750)

See Umayyad Caliphate.

#	Governor	Start	End	Comments
1	'Amr ibn al-'As	658	664	Conqueror of Egypt. Died in office
2	Utba ibn Abi Sufyan	664	665	Brother of Mu'awiya I. Died
3	Uqba ibn Amir	665	667	Muleteer of Muhammad. Unseated
4	Maslama ibn Mukhallad al-Ansari	667	682	Leading Umayyad partisan in Egypt. Died in office
5	Sa'id ibn Yazid ibn Alqama al-Azdi	682	684	Unseated
6	Abd al-Rahman ibn Utba al-Fihri	684	684	Appointed by Ibn al-Zubayr
7	Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam	685	705	Died in office
8	Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam	705	709	Unseated
9	Qurra ibn Sharik al-Absi	709	715	Died in office
10	Abd al-Malik ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi	715	717	Unseated
11	Ayyub ibn Sharhabil	717	720	-
12	Bishr ibn Safwan al-Kalbi	720	721	Became the governor of Ifriqiya
13	Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi	721	724	-
14	Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan	724	724	Resigned after witnessing an epidemic
15	Al-Hurr ibn Yusuf	724	727	Died in office. Egypt under the de facto rule of Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab.
16	Abd al-Malik ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi	727	727	Egypt under the de facto rule of Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab.
17	Al-Walid ibn Rifa'a ibn Thabit al-Fahmi	727	735	Unseated. Egypt under the de facto rule of Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab.
18	Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid al-Fahmi	735	737	Unseated
19	Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi	737	741	Became the Wali of Africa
20	Hafs ibn al-Walid ibn Yusuf al-Hadrami	741	744	Resigned
21	Hasan ibn Atahiya	744	744	Ran away after opposition by the Hafsiya
22	Hafs ibn al-Walid ibn Yusuf al-Hadrami	744	745	Installed by the Hfsiya, surrendered to his successor without a fight
23	al-Hawthala ibn Suhayl al-Bahili	745	749	Unseated
24	Al-Mughira ibn Ubayd al-Fazari	749	749	Died
25	Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn Musa ibn Nusayr	749	749	Unseated by the Abbasids

Abbasid Caliphate era (750–969)

See Abbasid Caliphate.

Governors during the First Abbasid Period (750–868)

#	Governor	Start	End	Period	Governor Title	Fate
1	Salih ibn Ali ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas	750	751	1 year	Wali	Became the wali of Palestine
2	Abu Awn Abd al-Malik ibn Yazid	751	753	2 years	Wali	Ran away after an epidemic
3	Salih ibn Ali ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas	753	755	2 years	Wali	Unseated
4	Abu Awn Abd al-Malik ibn Yazid	755	758	3 years	Wali	Unseated
5	Musa ibn Ka'b al-Tamimi	758	759	1 year	Wali	Died
6	Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i	759	760	1 year	Wali	Unseated
7	Humayd ibn Qahtaba	760	762	2 years	Wali	Unseated
8	Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi	762	769	8 years	Wali	Unseated
9	Abdallah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj al-Tujibi	769	772	4 years	Wali	Died
10	Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj al-Tujibi	772	772	8 months	Wali	Died
11	Musa ibn Ali ibn Rabah al-Lakhmi	772	778	6 years	Wali	Unseated
12	Isa ibn Luqman al-Jumahi	778	779	4 months	Wali	Unseated
13	Wadih	779	779	4 months	Wali	Unseated
14	Mansur ibn Yazid ibn Mansur	779	779	2 months	Wali	Unseated
15	Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Harashi	779	780	1 year	Wali	Unseated
16	Salim ibn Sawada al-Tamimi	780	781	1 year	Wali	Unseated
17	Ibrahim ibn Salih ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas	781	784	3 years	Wali	Unseated
18	Musa ibn Mus'ab al-Khath'ami	784	785	1 year	Wali	Killed
19	Asama ibn Amr	785	785	2 months	Wali	Unseated
20	al-Fadl ibn Salih ibn Ali al-Abbasi	785	786	1 year	Wali	Unseated
21	Ali ibn Sulayman al-Abbasi	786	787	1 year	Wali	Unseated by the new Abbasid wali
22	Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi	787	789	2 years	Wali	Unseated
23	Maslama ibn Yahya al-Bajali	789	789	11 months	Wali	Unseated
24	Muhammad ibn Zuhayr al-Azdi	789	790	6 months	Wali	Unseated
25	Dawud ibn Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi	790	791	1 years	Wali	Unseated
26	Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi	791	792	1 years	Wali	Unseated
27	Ibrahim ibn Salih ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas	792	792	Less than a year	Wali	Died
28	Abdallah ibn al-Musayyab ibn Zuhayr al-Dabbi	792	793	1 year	Wali	Unseated
29	Ishaq ibn Sulayman	793	794	1 year	Wali	Unseated
30	Harthama ibn A'yan	794	795	1 year	Wali	Became the wali of Ifriqiya
31	Abd al-Malik ibn Salih	795	795	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
-	Abdallah ibn al-Musayyab ibn Zuhayr al-Dabbi	795	795	Less than a year	Deputy to Abd al-Malik ibn Salih	-
32	Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi al-Abbasi	795	795	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
33	Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi	795	796	1 year	Wali	Unseated
34	Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi al-Abbasi	796	797	1 year	Wali	Unseated
35	Isma'il ibn Salih ibn Ali al-Abbasi	797	798	1 year	Wali	Unseated
36	Isma'il ibn Isa al-Abbasi	798	798	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
37	Al-Layth ibn al-Fadl	798	803	5 years	Wali	Unseated
38	Ahmad ibn Ismail ibn Ali ibn Abdallah al-Abbasi	803	805	2 years	Wali	Unseated
39	Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi	805	806	1 year	Wali	Unseated
40	Al-Husayn ibn Jamil	806	808	2 years	Wali	Unseated
41	Malik ibn Dalham al-Kalbi	808	808	9 Months	Wali	Unseated
42	Al-Hasan ibn al-Takhtakh	809	809	11 Months	Wali	Unseated
43	Hatim ibn Harthamah ibn A'yan	810	811	1 year	Wali	Unseated
44	Jabir ibn al-Ash'ath al-Ta'i	811	812	1 year	Wali	Beaten off from Egypt
45	Abbad ibn Muhammad ibn Hayyan	812	813	1 Year	Wali	Unseated
46	Al-Muttalib ibn Abdallah al-Khuza'i	813	814	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
47	Al-Abbas ibn Musa ibn Isa al-Abbasi	814	814	Less than a year	Wali	-
48	Al-Muttalib ibn Abdallah al-Khuza'i	814	815	Less than a year	Wali	Beaten off from Egypt
49	Al-Sari ibn al-Hakam	April 816	September 816	6 months	Wali	Soldiers revolted against him
50	Sulayman ibn Ghalib ibn Jibril al-Bajali	September 816	March 817	5 months	Wali	Soldiers revolted against him
51	Al-Sari ibn al-Hakam	March 817	November 820	3 years	Wali	-
52	Abu Nasr ibn al-Sari	820	822	2 years	Wali	-
53	Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Mazyad	822	822		Wali	-
54	Ubaydallah ibn al-Sari	822	826	3 years	Wali	Unseated by the new wali
55	Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani	826	827	17 months	Wali	Departed for Iraq
56	Isa ibn Yazid al-Juludi	827	829	2 years	Deputy to Abdallah ibn Tahir	Unseated
57	Umayr ibn al-Walid	829	829	Less than a year	Wali	Appointed by Abu Ishaq, killed in an anti-taxation rebellion
58	Isa ibn Yazid al-Juludi	829	830	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
59	Abdawayh ibn Jabalah	830	831	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
60	Isa ibn Mansur al-Rafi'i	831	832	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
61	Kaydar Nasr ibn Abdallah	832	834	2 years	Wali	Died
62	Muzaffar ibn Kaydar	834	834	4 months	Wali	Unseated
63	Musa ibn Abi al-Abbas	834	839	5 years	Wali	-
64	Malik ibn Kaydar	839	841	2 years	Wali	Unseated
65	Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani	841	843	2 years	Wali	Unseated
66	Isa ibn Mansur al-Rafi'i	843	847	4 years	Wali	Unseated
67	Harthamah ibn al-Nadr al-Jabali	847	849	1 year	Wali	Died
68	Hatim ibn Harthamah ibn al-Nadr	849	849	1 Month	Wali	Unseated
69	Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani	849	850	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
70	Ishaq ibn Yahya ibn Mu'adh	850	851	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
71	Khut Abd al-Wahid ibn Yahya	851	852	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
72	Anbasah ibn Ishaq al-Dabbi	852	856	4 years	Wali	Unseated
73	Yazid ibn Abdallah al-Hulwani	856	867	10 years	Wali	Unseated
74	Muzahim ibn Khaqan	867	868	Less than a year	Wali	Died
75	Ahmad ibn Muzahim ibn Khaqan	868	868	Less than a year	Wali	Died
76	Azjur al-Turki	868	868	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated

Emirs of the Tulunid Dynasty (868–905)

See Tulunid Dynasty.

#	Emir	Start	End	Period	Fate
1	Ahmad ibn Tulun	15 September 868	10 May 884	16 years	Died
2	Khumarawayh	10 May 884	18 January 896	12 years	Murdered
3	Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh	18 January 896	November 896	9 months	Unseated then died in jail
4	Harun	November 896	30 December 904	8 years	Murdered
5	Shayban	30 December 904	10 January 905	10 days	Surrendered to the Abbasids

Governors during the Second Abbasid Period (905–935)

#	Governor	Start	End	Period	Fate
1	Isa al-Nushari	905	910	5 years	Died
2	Takin al-Khassa Abu Mansur Takin ibn Abdallah al-Harbi al-Khazari	910	915	5 years	Unseated
3	Dhuka al-Rumi	915	919	4 years	Died
4	Takin al-Khassa Abu Mansur Takin ibn Abdallah al-Harbi al-Khazari	920	921	1 year	Unseated
5	Abu'l-Hasan Hilal ibn Badr	921	923	2 years	Unseated
6	Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh	923	924	7 months	Unseated
7	Takin al-Khassa Abu Mansur Takin ibn Abdallah al-Harbi al-Khazari	924	933	9 years	Died
8	Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh	933	935	1 year	Unseated

Emirs of the Ikhshidid Dynasty (935–969)

See Ikshidid Dynasty.

Fatimid Dynasty (969–1171)

See Fatimid dynasty.

#	Governor	Start	End	Title	Fate
1	Jawhar al-Siqilli	969	973	Governor, following the Fatimid conquest of Egypt	-
2	Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah	973	975	Caliph	Died
3	Al-Aziz Billah	975	997	Caliph	Died
4	Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah	997	1020	Caliph	Disappeared
5	Ali az-Zahir	1020	1036	Caliph	-
6	Al-Mustansir Billah	1036	1094	Caliph	Died after reigned for 60 years
7	Al-Musta'li	1094	1102	Caliph	-
8	Al-Amir bi-Ahkami'l-Lah	1102	1131	Caliph	Killed
9	Al-Hafiz	1131	1150	Caliph	-
10	Al-Zafir	1150	1154	Caliph	Killed after unseated
11	Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah	1154	1160	Caliph	Died
12	Al-Adid li-Din Allah	1160	1171	Caliph	Unseated by Saladin

Ayyubid Sultanate (1171–1252)

See Ayyubid Dynasty.
* Shajar al-Durr widow of As-Salih Ayyub ruled as sultana after the assassination of Turanshah.

Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)

Bahri Mamluks">Bahri dynasty">Bahri Mamluks (1250–1382)

#	Name	Start	End	Title	Fate	Picture
1	Izz al-Din Aybak	1250	1257	Sultan	Assassinated by Shajar ad-Dur	No image available
2	al-Mansur Nour al-Din Ali	1257	1259	Sultan	Dethroned by Seif al-Din	No image available
3	al-Muzafar Seif al-Din Qutuz	1259	1260	Sultan	Assassinated by al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Bunduqdari	No image available
4	al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Bunduqdari	1260	1277	Sultan	Died
5	al-Said Nasir al-Din Barakah	1277	1279	Sultan	Resigned	No image available
6	al-Adel Badr al-Din Solamish	1279	1279	Sultan	Dethroned	No image available
7	al-Mansour Seif al-Din Qalawun	1279	1290	Sultan	Died	No image available
8	al-Ashraf Salah al-Din Khalil	1290	1293	Sultan	Assassinated	No image available
9	al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Mohamed Ben Qalawun	1293	1294	Sultan	Dethroned	No image available
10	al-Adil Zein al-Din Katubgha	1294	1296	Sultan	Escaped	No image available
11	al-Mansour Hossam al-Din Lajin	1296	1299	Sultan	Assassinated	No image available
12	al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Mohamed Ben Qalawun	1299	1309	Sultan	Resigned	No image available
13	al-Muzafar Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Jashnakir	1309	1309	Sultan	Executed	No image available
14	al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Mohamed Ben Qalawun	1309	1340	Sultan	Died	No image available
15	al-Mansour Saif al-Din Abu Bakr	1340	1341	Sultan	Dethroned	No image available
16	al-Ashraf Ala'a al-Din Kujuk	1341	1342	Sultan	Dethroned	No image available
17	al-Nasir Shihab al-Din Ahmad	1342	1342	Sultan	Dethroned	No image available
18	al-Salih Imad al-Din Abu Ismail	1342	1345	Sultan	Died	No image available
19	al-Kamil Seif al-Din Shaban	1345	1346	Sultan	Killed	No image available
20	al-Muzafar Zein al-Din Hagi	1346	1347	Sultan	Killed	No image available
21	al-Nasir Badr al-Din Abu al-Ma'aly al-Hassan	1347	1351	Sultan	Dethroned	No image available
22	al-Salih Salah al-Din Ben Mohamed	1351	1354	Sultan	Custody	No image available
23	al-Nasir Badr al-Din Abu al-Ma'aly al-Hassan	1354	1361	Sultan	Disappeared /prob. killed	No image available
24	al-Mansur Salah al-Din Mohamed Ben Hagi	1361	1363	Sultan	Dethroned for insanity	No image available
25	Al-Ashraf Sha'ban	1363	1376	Sultan	Executed	No image available
26	al-Mansur Ala-ad-Din Ali Ibn al-Ashraf Shaban	1376	1381	Sultan	Died in epidemic	No image available
27	Al-Salih Hajji	1381	1382	Sultan	Resigned	No image available

Burji Mamluks">Burji dynasty">Burji Mamluks (1382–1517)

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