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Kayghalagh,
surnamed al-Turki ("the Turk"), was a
senior military commander of the
Abbasid Caliphate active between c. 870 and c. 883.
Kayghalagh was...
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Ahmad ibn
Kayghalagh (Arabic: أحمد بن كيغلغ) was an
Abbasid military officer of
Turkic origin who
served as
governor in
Syria and Egypt. He was ousted...
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revoked a
month later before he
could reach Egypt, and
Ahmad ibn
Kayghalagh was
appointed in his place. The
timing of Ibn Tughj's
recall coincides...
- and sea, the
naval forces taking Tinnis and able to
outflank Ahmad ibn
Kayghalagh, the main opponent,
forcing his
retreat and
facilitating ibn Tughj's subsequent...
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arrived from
Baghdad under Ahmad ibn
Kayghalagh. Al-Khalanji
proved victorious in the
first encounter with Ibn
Kayghalagh at al-Arish in
December 905, but...
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campaign against his
rival Ahmad ibn
Kayghalagh by land and sea: the
naval forces take
Tinnis and ibn
Kayghalagh is
forced to retreat. Ibn
Tughj enters...
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Egypt 919–921 Succeeded by Abu'l-Hasan
Hilal ibn Badr Preceded by
Ahmad ibn
Kayghalagh Abbasid Governor of
Egypt 924–933 Succeeded by
Ahmad ibn
Kayghalagh...
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Reinforcements arrived from Baghdad, but in late 905 an army
under Ahmad ibn
Kayghalagh was
defeated by the
rebel at al-Arish
before the
rebel was defeated. Isa...
- Rise of the
Ikhshidid dynasty Muhammad ibn
Tughj al-Ikhshid
Ahmad ibn
Kayghalagh Fatimids Ikhshidid Victory Ibn Tughj's
fleet took
Tinnis and the Nile...
- empire's
capital to Heian-kyō (now Kyoto). 906 –
Abbasid general Ahmad ibn
Kayghalagh leads a raid
against the
Byzantine Empire,
taking 4,000–5,000 captives...
