List of governors of Islamic Egypt

Governors of Arab Egypt (640–1250) and Mamluk Egypt (1250–1517).

The Rashidun Caliphs era (640–658)

#	Governor (Amir)		Start	End	Period	Fate
1	Amr ibn al-As	No picture available	640	646	6 years	Secluded by Uthman Ibn Affan
2	Abdallah ibn Sa'ad	No picture available	646	656	10 years	Overthrown by Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfa
3	Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfa	No picture available	656	657	1 year	Killed
4	Qays ibn Sa'ad	No picture available	657	657	6 months	Secluded
5	Malik ibn al-Harith	No picture available	657	657	1 day	Died before reaching Al-Fustat
6	Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr	No picture available	658	658	5 months	Killed

Umayyad Caliphate era (659–750)

#	Governor (Wali)	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	Utba 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 al-Qama 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)

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	758	759	1 year	Wali	Unseated
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	-
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	-
12	Isa ibn Luqman	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	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 Salman 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	Unseated
28	Abdullah Ibn Al-Maseeb Ibn Zohair Al-Dabii	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	-
32	Abdallah ibn al-Masib al-Abbasi	795	795	10 months	Wali	Unseated
33	Abdallah ibn al-Mahdi al-Abbasi	795	795	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
34	Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi	795	796	1 year	Wali	Unseated
35	Abdallah ibn al-Mahdi al-Abbasi	796	797	1 year	Wali	Unseated
36	Ismail ibn Salih al-Abbasi	797	798	1 year	Wali	Unseated
37	Ismail ibn Isa al-Abbasi	798	798	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
38	al-Layth ibn al-Fadl	798	803	5 years	Wali	Unseated
39	Ahmad ibn Ismail ibn Ali ibn Abdallah al-Abbasi	803	805	2 years	Wali	Unseated
40	Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi	805	806	1 year	Wali	Unseated
41	al-Hussayn ibn Jamil	806	808	2 years	Wali	Unseated
42	Malik ibn Dalham al-Kalbi	808	808	9 Months	Wali	Unseated
43	al-Hasan ibn al-Takhtakh	809	809	11 Months	Wali	Unseated
44	Hatim ibn Harthama	810	811	1 year	Wali	Unseated
45	Gaber Ibn Al-Asha'ath Al-Ta'ey	811	812	2 years	Wali	Beaten off from Egypt
46	Abbad ibn Mohammed ibn Hayan	812	813	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
47	Al-Muttalib ibn Abdallah al-Khuza'i	813	814	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
48	al-Abbas ibn Musa ibn Isa al-Abbasi	814	814	Less than a year	Wali	-
49	Al-Muttalib ibn Abdallah al-Khuza'i	814	815	Less than a year	Wali	Beaten off from Egypt
50	Al-Sari ibn al-Hakam	April 816	September 816	6 months	Wali	Soldiers revolted against him
51	Suliman Ibn Ghaleb Ibn Gabriel Al-Bagly	September 816	March 817	5 months	Wali	Soldiers revolted against him
52	Al-Sari ibn al-Hakam	March 817	November 820	3 years	Wali	-
53	Abu 'l-Nasr ibn al-Sari	820	822	2 years	Wali	-
54	Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Mazyad	822	822		Wali	-
55	Ubayd Allah ibn al-Sari	822	826	3 years	Wali	Unseated by the new wali
56	Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani	826	827	17 months	Wali	Departed for Iraq
57	'Isa ibn Yazid al-Juludi	827	829	2 years	Deputy to Abdallah ibn Tahir	Unseated
58	'Umayr ibn al-Walid	829	829	Less than a year	Wali	Appointed by Abu Ishaq, killed in an anti-taxation rebellion
60	'Isa ibn Yazid al-Juludi	829	830	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
61	'Abdawayh ibn Jabalah	830	831	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
62	'Isa ibn Mansur al-Rafi'i	831	832	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
63	Kaydar Nasr ibn 'Abdallah	832	834	2 years	Wali	Died
64	Muzaffar ibn Kaydar	834	834	4 months	Wali	Unseated
65	Moussa Ibn Abu Al-Abbas	834	839	5 years	Wali	-
66	Malik ibn Kaydar	839	841	2 years	Wali	Unseated
67	Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani	841	843	2 years	Wali	Unseated
68	'Isa ibn Mansur al-Rafi'i	843	847	4 years	Wali	Unseated
69	Harthamah ibn al-Nadr al-Jabali	847	849	1 year	Wali	Died
70	Hatim ibn Harthamah ibn al-Nadr	849	849	1 Month	Wali	Unseated
71	Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani	849	850	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
72	Ishaq ibn Yahya ibn Mu'adh	850	851	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
73	Khut 'Abd al-Wahid ibn Yahya	851	852	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated
74	'Anbasa ibn Ishaq al-Dabbi	852	856	4 years	Wali	Unseated
75	Yazid ibn 'Abdallah al-Hulwani	856	867	10 years	Wali	Unseated
76	Muzahim ibn Khaqan	867	868	Less than a year	Wali	Died
77	Ahmad ibn Muzahim ibn Khaqan	868	868	Less than a year	Wali	Died
78	Azjur al-Turki	868	868	Less than a year	Wali	Unseated

Emirs of the Tulunid Dynasty (868–905)

#	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 (Emir)	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 (2nd time)	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 (3rd time)	924	933	9 years	Died
8	Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh (2nd time)	933	935	1 year	Unseated

Emirs of the Ikhshidid Dynasty (935–969)

#	Governor (Emir)		Start	End	Period	Fate
1	Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid	No picture available	935	946	11 years	Died
2	Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid	No picture available	946	961	15 years	Died
3	Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Ikhshid	No picture available	961	966	5 years	Died
4	Abu al-Misk Kafur	No picture available	966	968	2 years	Died
5	Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad ibn Ali	No picture available	968	969	1 year	Deposed by the Fatimid conquest

Fatimid Caliphate (969–1171)

#	Governor	Start	End	Title	Fate
1	Jawhar al-Siqilli	969	973	Emir	-
2	Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah	973	975	Caliph	-
3	Al-Aziz Billah	975	997	Caliph	-
4	Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah	997	1020	Caliph	Disappeared
5	Ali az-Zahir	1020	1036	Caliph	-
6	Al-Mustansir Billah	1036	1094	Caliph	-
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
11	Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah	1154	1160	Caliph	-
12	Al-Adid li-Din Allah	1160	1171	Caliph	Unseated by Saladin

Ayyubid Sultanate (1171–1252)

#	Governor		Start	End	Period	Title	Fate
1	Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub		1171	1193	22 years	Sultan	Died
2	Al-Aziz	No picture available	1193	1198	5 years	Sultan	-
3	Al-Mansur	No picture available	1198	1200	2 years	Sultan	-
4	Al-Adil I	No picture available	1200	1218	18 years	Sultan	Died
5	Al-Kamil		1218	1238	20 years	Sultan	Died
6	Al-Adil II	No picture available	1238	1240	2 years	Sultan	-
7	As-Salih Ayyub	No picture available	1240	1249	9 years	Sultan	Died
8	Turanshah	No picture available	1249	1250	1 year	Sultan	Assassinated
*	Shajar al-Durr	No picture available	1250	1250	80 days	Sultana	Abdicated to Aybak
9	Al-Ashraf Musa	No picture available	1250	1252	2 years	Co-sultan with Aybak	Dethroned / custody

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

Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)

Bahri Mamluks (1250–1382)

#	Governor	Start	End	Title	Fate	Picture
1	Izz al-Din Aybak	1250	1257	Sultan	Assassinated	No image available
2	al-Mansur Nour al-Din Ali	1257	1259	Sultan	Dethroned	No image available
3	al-Muzafar Seif al-Din Qutuz	1259	1260	Sultan	Assassinated	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 (first reign)	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 (second reign)	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 (third reign)	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 (1382–1517)

#	Name	Start	End	Title	Fate
1	Barquq	1382	1399	Sultan	Died
2	Faraj bin Barquq 1st reign	1399	1405	Sultan	Escaped
3	Abdul Aziz bin Barquq	1405		Sultan	Died in custody
2	Faraj bin Barquq 2nd reign	1405	1412	Sultan	Dethroned / Killed
4	Al-Adil Al-Musta'in Billah	1412		Abbasid Caliph	Deposed
6	Tatar I	1412	1421	Sultan	Died
7	al-Muzafar Abu al-Saadat Ahmad	1421		Sultan	Dethroned
8	Tatar II			Sultan	Died
9	as-Salih Nasir-ad-Din Muhammad	1421	1422	Sultan	Dethroned
10	Barsbay	1421	1438	Sultan	Died
11	Jamal ad-Din Yusuf	1438		Sultan	Dethroned
12	Jaqmaq	1438	1453	Sultan	Dethroned
13	Fakhr-ad-Din Uthman	1453		Sultan	Dethroned
14	Inal	1453	1460	Sultan	Resigned due to illness and died
15	al-Mu'aid Shihab ud-Din Ahmed	1460	1461	Sultan	Dethroned
16	Khushqadam	1461	1467	Sultan	Died
17	Bilbay	1467	1467	Sultan	Dethroned and died in custody
18	Timurbugha	1467	1468	Sultan	Dethroned
19	al-Ashraf Qaitbay	1468	1496	Sultan	Abdicated to his son
20	al-Nasir Abu al-Sa'adat Muhammad 1st reign	1496	1497	Sultan	Deposed
21	Qansuh Khumsama'ah	1497	1498	Sultan	Escaped and disappeared
20	al-Nasir Abu al-Sa'adat Muhammad 2nd reign	1496	1498	Sultan	Assassinated
22	az-Zahir Qansuh al-Ashrafi	1498	1500	Sultan	Abdicated
23	al-Ashraf Janbalat	1500	1501	Sultan	Dethroned
24	Tuman bay I	1501	1501	Sultan	Deposed and executed
25	Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri	1501	1516	Sultan	Killed in Battle of Marj Dabiq
26	Tuman bay II	1516	1517	Sultan	Executed by the Ottoman Sultan Selim I

See also

• History of Muslim Egypt