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Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid

882 - 946

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Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Ṭughj ibn Juff ibn Yiltakīn ibn Fūrān ibn Fūrī ibn Khāqān (8 February 882 – 24 July 946), better known by the title al-Ikhshīd (Arabic: الإخشيد) after 939, was an Abbasid commander and governor who became the autonomous ruler of Egypt and parts of Syria (Levant) from 935 until his death in 946. He was the founder of the Ikhshidid dynasty, which ruled the region until the Fatimid conquest of 969. The son of Tughj ibn Juff, a general of Turkic origin who served both the Abbasids and the autonomous Tulunid rulers of Egypt and Syria, Muhammad ibn Tughj was born in Baghdad but grew up in Syria and acquired his first military and administrative experiences at his father's side. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid has received more than 146,065 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid is the 6,296th most popular politician (up from 8,399th in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 204th in 2019) and the 114th most popular Iraqi Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ranks 6,296 out of 19,576. Before him are At-Ta'i, Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus, Oichi, Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, and Mithridates II of Pontus. After him are Isabella of Savoy, Alexander Ankvab, Emperor Yizong of Tang, Saman Khuda, Charan Singh, and Tarabai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 882, Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ranks 2. Before him is Saadia Gaon. After him is Jimeno Garcés of Pamplona. Among people deceased in 946, Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ranks 6. Before him are Pope Marinus II, Edmund I, John of Rila, Eadgyth, and Al-Qa'im. After him are Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli, and Ibrahim ibn Sinan.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ranks 176 out of 384. Before him are Ayad Allawi (1944), Al-Mustanjid (1124), Al-Qadir (947), Abo of Tiflis (756), Dawud al-Zahiri (815), and At-Ta'i (932). After him are Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Rimush (null), Al-Muqtafi (1096), Ur-Nanshe (-2500), Al-Mu'tamid (844), and Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (1002).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid ranks 114. Before him are Al-Mustakfi (905), Barham Salih (1960), Ayad Allawi (1944), Al-Mustanjid (1124), Al-Qadir (947), and At-Ta'i (932). After him are Rimush (null), Al-Muqtafi (1096), Al-Mu'tamid (844), Artabanus I of Parthia (-200), Rashid Ali al-Gaylani (1892), and Kubaba (-2500).

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