List of governors of Islamic Egypt

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Governors of Egypt from the Islamic conquest in AD 640 to the Ottoman conquest in 1517.

The Rashidun Caliphs Era (640-658)[edit]

# Governor Start End Period Governor Title Destiny
1 Amr Ibn Al-Aas No Picture Available 640 646 6 years Amir Secluded by Uthman Ibn Affan
2 Abdullah Ibn Sa'ad No Picture Available 646 656 10 years Amir Overthrown by Muhammad Ibn Huzayfa
3 Muhammad Ibn Abi Huzayfa No Picture Available 656 657 1 year Amir Killed
4 Qays Ibn Sa'ad No Picture Available 657 657 6 Months Amir Secluded
5 Malik Ibn Al-Harith No Picture Available 657 657 1 Day Amir Died before reaching Al-Fustat
6 Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr No Picture Available 658 658 5 Months Amir Killed

Umayyad Empire Era (659-750)[edit]

# Governor Start End Governor Title Destiny
1 Amr ibn al-Aas 659 664 Wali -
2 Utba ibn Abi Suffyan Ibn Harb 664 665 Wali Died
3 Oquba ibn Amir al-Gahny 665 667 Wali Unseated
4 Muslima ibn Makhlad al-Ansari 667 682 Wali -
5 Sa'id ibn Yazid ibn al-Qama al-Azdi 682 684 Wali Unseated
6 Abd al-Rahman ibn Utba ibn Gahdam al-Fihri 684 684 Wali Unseated
7 Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam 685 705 Wali -
8 Abdullah ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam 705 709 Wali Unseated
9 Qurra Ibn Sharik al-Absi 709 714 Wali -
10 Abd al-Malik ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi 714 717 Wali Unseated
11 Ayyub ibn Sharhabil 717 720 Wali -
12 Bishr ibn Safwan al-Kalbi 720 721 Wali Became The Wali of Africa
13 Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi 721 724 Wali -
14 Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan 724 724 Wali Ran away after an epidemic
15 Al-Hurr ibn Yusuf 724 727 Wali Died
16 Abd al-Malik ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi 727 727 Wali -
17 Al-Walid ibn Rifa'a ibn Thabit al-Fahmi 727 735 Wali Unseated
18 Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid al-Fahmi 735 737 Wali Unseated
19 Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi 737 741 Wali Became The Wali of Africa
20 Hafs ibn al-Walid ibn Yusuf al-Hadrami 741 744 Wali Asked to be unseated
21 Hasan ibn Atahiya 744 744 Wali Ran away
22 Hafs ibn al-Walid ibn Yusuf al-Hadrami 744 745 Wali -
23 Al-Hawthala ibn Sohayl al-Bahili 745 749 Wali Unseated
24 Al-Mughira ibn Unayd al-Fazari 749 749 Wali Died
25 Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan Musa ibn Nussayr 749 749 Wali Unseated by the Abbasids

Abbasid Empire Era (750-969)[edit]

The First Abbasid Period Rulers (750-868)[edit]

# Governor Start End Period Governor Title Destiny
1 Saleh Ibn Ali Ibn Abullah Ibn Al-Abbas 750 751 1 year Wali Became the wali of Palestine
2 Abu Oun Abdel Malek Ibn Yazeed 751 753 2 years Wali Ran away after an epidemic
3 Saleh Ibn Ali Ibn Abullah Ibn Al-Abbas 753 755 2 years Wali Unseated
4 Abu Oun Abdel Malek Ibn Yazeed 755 758 3 years Wali Unseated
5 Moussa Ibn Ka'ab Oyayna 758 759 1 year Wali Unseated
6 Mohammed Ibn Al-Ash'ath Al-Khozaey 759 760 1 year Wali Unseated
7 Homayd Ibn Qohayta 760 762 2 years Wali Unseated
8 Yazeed Ibn Hatem Al-Mohobaly 762 768 6 years Wali Unseated
9 Abdullah Ibn Abdel Rahman Ibn Mo'awya 768 772 4 years Wali -
10 Mohammed Ibn Abdel Rahman Ibn Mo'awya 772 772 8 Months Wali Died
11 Moussa Ibn Ali Ibn Rabah Al-Lakhmy 772 778 6 years Wali -
12 Essa Ibn Loqman Al-Gamhy 778 779 4 Months Wali Unseated
13 Wadeh 779 779 4 Months Wali Unseated
14 Mansour Ibn Yazeed Ibn Mansour Al-Roayny 779 779 2 Months Wali Unseated
15 Yahia Ibn Dawood Al-Harshy 779 780 1 year Wali Unseated
16 Salem Ibn Sawada Al-Tamemy 780 781 1 year Wali Unseated
17 Ibrahim Ibn Saleh Ibn Abdullah Ibn Al-Abbas 781 784 3 years Wali Unseated
18 Moussa Ibn Sa'ab Al-Khasamy 784 785 1 year Wali Killed
19 Osama Ibn Amr Al-Moafery 785 785 2 Months Wali Unseated
20 Al-Fadl Ibn Saleh Ibn Ali Al-Abbasy 785 786 1 year Wali Unseated
21 Ali Ibn Salman Al-Abbasy 786 787 1 year Wali Unseated by the new Abbasid wali
22 Moussa Ibn Essa Ibn Moussa Al-Abbasy 787 789 2 years Wali Unseated
23 Moslama Ibn Yahia Al-Bagly 789 790 1 year Wali Unseated
24 Mohammed Ibn Zohair Al-Azdy 790 790 Less Than A Year Wali Unseated
25 Dawood Ibn Yazeed Al-Mahlaby 790 791 1 years Wali Unseated
26 Moussa Ibn Essa Ibn Moussa Al-Abbasy 791 792 1 years Wali Unseated
27 Ibrahim Ibn Saleh Ibn Abdullah 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 Isak Ibn Souliman 793 794 1 year Wali Unseated
30 Harthama Ibn Aayoun 794 795 1 year Wali Became the wali of Africa
31 Abdel Malek Ibn Saleh Ibn Ali Al-Abbasy 795 795 Less Than A Year Wali -
32 Abdullah Ibn Al-Maseeb Al-Abbasy 795 795 10 Months Wali Unseated
33 Abdullah Ibn Al-Mahdy Al-Abbasy 795 795 Less Than A Year Wali Unseated
34 Moussa Ibn Essa Ibn Moussa Al-Abbasy 795 796 1 year Wali Unseated
35 Abdullah Ibn Al-Mahdy Al-Abbasy 796 797 1 year Wali Unseated
36 Ismael Ibn Saleh Al-Abbasy 797 798 1 year Wali Unseated
37 Ismael Ibn Essa Al-Abbasy 798 798 Less Than A Year Wali Unseated
38 Al-Layth Ibn Al-Fadl 798 803 5 years Wali Unseated
39 Ahmed Ibn Ismael Ibn Ali Ibn Abdullah Al-Abbasy 803 805 2 years Wali Unseated
40 Abdullah Ibn Mohammed Al-Abbasy 805 806 1 year Wali Unseated
41 Al-Hussain Ibn Jameel 806 808 2 years Wali Unseated
42 Malek Ibn Dalham Al-Kalby 808 808 9 Months Wali Unseated
43 Al-Hasan Ibn Al-Takhtakh 809 809 11 Months Wali Unseated
44 Hatem Ibn Harthama Ibn Aayoun 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-Mottaleb Ibn Abdullah Al-Khozaey 813 814 Less Than A Year Wali Unseated
48 Al-Abbas Ibn Moussa Ibn Essa Al-Abbasy 814 814 Less Than A Year Wali -
49 Al-Mottaleb Ibn Abdullah Al-Khozaey 814 815 Less Than A Year Wali Beaten off from Egypt
50 Al-Serry Ibn Al-Hakam 815 816 6 Months Wali Soldiers revolted against him
51 Suliman Ibn Ghaleb Ibn Gabriel Al-Bagly 816 817 5 Months Wali Soldiers revolted against him
52 Al-Serry Ibn Al-Hakam 817 820 3 years Wali -
53 Abu Al-Nasr Ibn Al-Serry 820 822 2 years Wali -
54 Obaid Allah Ibn Al-Serry 822 825 3 years Wali Unseated by the new wali
55 Khaled Ibn Yazeed Ibn Mazeed Al-Shebany 825 826 Less Than A Year Wali -
56 Abdullah Ibn Taher Ibn Al-Houssain 826 827 Less Than A Year Wali -
57 Essa Ibn Yazeed Al-Geloudy 827 829 2 years Wali -
58 Omair Ibn Al-Waleed 829 829 60 Days Wali Killed
59 Mohammed Ibn Omair 829 829 1 Month Wali -
60 Essa Ibn Yazeed Al-Geloudy 829 830 Less Than A Year Wali -
61 Abdoweya Ibn Gabala 830 831 Less Than A Year Wali Unseated
62 Essa Ibn Mansour 831 832 Less Than A Year Wali Unseated by the new wali
63 Kider Nasr Ibn Abdullah 832 834 2 years Wali -
64 Mozaffar Ibn Kider 834 834 4 Months Wali -
65 Moussa Ibn Abu Al-Abbas 834 839 5 years Wali -
66 Malek Ibn Kider 839 841 2 years Wali -
67 Ali Ibn Yahia Al-Armany 841 843 2 years Wali -
68 Essa Ibn Mansour 843 847 4 years Wali -
69 Harthama Ibn al-Nadr Al-Gabaly 848 849 Less Than A Year Wali -
70 Hatem Ibn Harthama Ibn al-Nadr 849 849 1 Month Wali -
71 Ali Ibn Yahia Al-Armany 849 850 Less Than A Year Wali Unseated
72 Isak Ibn Yahia Ibn Moaz 850 851 Less Than A Year Wali -
73 Khaot Abel Wahed Ibn Yahia 851 852 Less Than A Year Wali -
74 Anbasa Ibn Isak Al-Dabii 852 856 4 years Wali -
75 Yazeed Ibn Abdullah Al-Tourky 856 867 Less Than A Year Wali -
76 Mozahem Ibn Khaqan 867 868 Less Than A Year Wali -
77 Ahmed Ibn Mozahem Ibn Khaqan 868 868 Less Than A Year Wali -
78 Azgour Al Tourky 868 868 Less Than A Year Wali -

Tulunids Dynasty (868-905)[edit]

# Governor Start End Period Governor Title Destiny
1 Ahmad ibn Tulun No Picture Available 868 884 16 years Amir Died
2 Khumarawaih No Picture Available 884 896 12 years Amir Murdered
3 Abu l-Ashir No Picture Available 896 896 1 year Amir Unseated then died in jail
4 Harun No Picture Available 896 904 9 years Amir Murdered
5 Shaiban No Picture Available 904 905 1 year Amir left

The Second Abbasid Period Rulers (905-935)[edit]

# Governor Start End Period Governor Title Destiny
1 Saleh Ibn Ali Ibn Abullah Ibn Al-Abbas ؟؟؟؟ ؟؟؟؟ - Wali -
2 Abu Oun Abdel Malek Ibn Yazeed ؟؟؟؟ ؟؟؟؟ - Wali -
3 Saleh Ibn Ali Ibn Abullah Ibn Al-Abbas ؟؟؟؟ ؟؟؟؟ - Wali -
4 Abu Oun Abdel Malek Ibn Yazeed ؟؟؟؟ ؟؟؟؟ - Wali -
5 Moussa Ibn Ka'ab Oyayna ؟؟؟؟ ؟؟؟؟ - Wali -
6 Mohammed Ibn Al-Ash'ath Al-Khozaey ؟؟؟؟ ؟؟؟؟ - Wali -
7 Homayd Ibn Qohayta ؟؟؟؟ ؟؟؟؟ - Wali -
8 Yazeed Ibn Hatem Al-Mohobaly ؟؟؟؟ ؟؟؟؟ - Wali -
9 Abdullah Ibn Abdel Rahman Ibn Mo'awya ؟؟؟؟ ؟؟؟؟ - Wali -
10 Mohammed Ibn Abdel Rahman Ibn Mo'awya

204 279

- Wali -

Ikhshidid Dynasty (935-969)[edit]

# Governor Start End Period Governor Title Destiny
1 Muhammad bin Tughj Al-Ikhshid No Picture Available 935 946 11 years Emir Died
2 Abul Qasim Ungur Bin Ikhshid No Picture Available 946 961 15 years Emir Died
3 Abul Hassan Ali Bin Ikhshidid No Picture Available 961 966 5 years Emir Died
4 Abul Misk Kafur (slave from Ethiopia) No Picture Available 966 968 2 years Emir Died
5 Abul Fawares Ahmed Bin Ikhshidid No Picture Available 968 969 1 year Emir Fatimids unseated him

The Fatimids Era (969-1171)[edit]

# Governor Start End Governor Title Destiny
1 Gawhar Al-Siqilli 969 973 Emir -
2 Al-Muizz Lideenillah 973 975 Caliph -
3 Al-Aziz Leideinallah 975 997 Caliph -
4 Al-Hakim Biamrallah 997 1020 Caliph Disappeared
5 Al-Zahir Lazazdinallah 1020 1036 Caliph -
6 Al-Mustansir Biallah 1036 1094 Caliph -
7 Al-Mustali Biallah 1094 1102 Caliph -
8 Al-Amir Biahkamallah 1102 1131 Caliph Killed
9 Al-Hafiz Ledeinallah 1131 1150 Caliph -
10 Al-Zafir Biamrallah 1150 1154 Caliph Killed
11 Al-Faiz Binasrallah 1154 1160 Caliph -
12 Al-Adid Ledeinallah 1160 1171 Caliph Unseated by Saladin

The Ayyubid Era (1171-1252)[edit]

# Governor Start End Period Governor Title Destiny
1 Salāh-ud-Din Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb Saladin2.jpg 1171 1193 22 years Sultan Died
2 Al-Aziz No Picture Available 1193 1198 5 years Sultan -
3 Nasir al-Din Muhammed No Picture Available 1198 1200 2 years Sultan -
4 Al-Adil I No Picture Available 1200 1218 18 years Sultan Died
5 Al-Kamil Al-Kamil Muhammad al-Malik and Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor.jpg 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.

The Mamluks Era (1250-1517)[edit]

Bahri Mamluks (1250-1382)[edit]

# Governor Start End Governor Title Destiny 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 200px
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 Zein al-Din Abu al-Ma'ali 1363 1376 Sultan Executed No image available
26 al-Mansur Ali Ben al-Ashraf Shaban 1376 1381 Sultan Died in epidemic No image available
27 al-Salih Salah Zein al-Din Hagi 1381 1382 Sultan Resigned No image available

Burji Mamluks (1382-1517)[edit]

# Name Start End Governor Title Destiny
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 Selim I of Turkey