Abū al-Mukarram Rabīʿah ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn() was the fourth son of the founder of the
Tulunid dynasty,
Ahmad ibn Tulun
Ahmad ibn Tulun ( ar, أحمد بن طولون, translit=Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn; c. 20 September 835 – 10 May 884) was the founder of the Tulunid dynasty that ruled Egypt and Syria between 868 and 905. Originally a Turkic slave-soldier, in 868 ...
. In 879, when his eldest brother
Abbas
Abbas may refer to:
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* Abbas (name), list of people with the name, including:
**Abbas ibn Ali, Popularly known as Hazrat-e-Abbas (brother of Imam Hussayn)
**Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammad
** Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935), Palest ...
rebelled against their father and fled to
Alexandria
Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...
and thence to
Barqah
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, he remained in charge of affairs in
Fustat until the return of Ahmad ibn Tulun. In 897, he rebelled against his nephew,
Harun ibn Khumarawayh
Harun ibn Khumarawayh ( ar, هارون بن خمارويه; died 30 December 904) was the fourth Tulunid Emir of Egypt (896–904). He succeeded his elder brother Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh, who had been murdered by army chiefs. He left state affairs to ...
, in Alexandria, with the support of
Berber
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* Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa
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* Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile
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* Ady Berber (1913–196 ...
troops. The uprising was defeated, and he was executed by
lashing
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* Eyelash
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in the same autumn.
References
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* {{The Governors and Judges of Egypt
9th-century people
897 deaths
Tulunids
Egyptian rebels
9th-century executions
Medieval Alexandria