Muhammad bin Tughj Al-Ikhshid

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al - Tughdsch Ichschid (Arabic أبو بكر محمد بن طغج الإخشيد, DMG Abū Bakr Muḥammad b Ṭuġǧ al - Iḫšīd; . * 882, † 946 ) from the Ichschididen dynasty reigned 935-946 facto independent Egypt.

Muhammad ibn Tughdsch was born in Ferghana and started in the army of the Abbasid, which consisted mostly of Turkish military slaves ( Mamluk ), his career. After his appointment as governor of Syria (930 ) him the administration of Egypt was transmitted 935. Since 939 he has largely been able to rule independently and establish the dynasty of Ichschididen. However, he refused to continue to the Abbasids in order to withstand the threat posed by the Fatimids of Ifriqiya can.

To improve its power base in the fight against the Fatimids, Muhammad occupied 942-944 Palestine, the Hijaz and Syria to Aleppo. However, there were already 945 to an agreement with the Hamdanids on the distribution of power in Syria. After his death in 946 the eunuch Kafur took over the regency for the minor heir to the throne ( 946-968 ).