List of rulers of Islamic Egypt

Governors of Arab Egypt (640–1250) and Mamluk Egypt (1250–1517). For other periods, see the list of rulers of Egypt.

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).^[1]

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).^[4]

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).^[6]

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).^[6]

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).^[6]

#	Governor (Emir)		Start	End	Fate
1	Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid		2 September 935	24 July 946	Appointed by caliph Al-Radi, became autonomous after Al-Radi's death. Died in office
2	Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid		24 July 946	29 December 960	Died
3	Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Ikhshid		1 January 961	7 February 965	Died
4	Abu al-Misk Kafur (Vizier of Egypt from 946 to 8 February 965)[6]		8 February 965	23 April 968	Died
5	Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad ibn Ali		23 April 968	5 August 969	Deposed by the Fatimid conquest

Dates for Caliphs taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).^[6]

#	Governor		Start	End	Title	Fate
1		Jawhar al-Siqilli	5 August 969	June 973	Viceroy	Led the Fatimid conquest of Egypt and governed the country until the arrival of Caliph al-Mu'izz from Ifriqiya. Constructed a new capital at Cairo.
2		Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah	June 973	10 December 975	Caliph	Died
3		Al-Aziz Billah	10 December 975	14 October 996	Caliph	Died
4		Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah	14 October 996	13 February 1021	Caliph	Disappeared (assassinated?)
-		Barjawan	October 997	March 1000	de facto Regent	Assassinated
5		Ali az-Zahir	13 February 1021	13 June 1036	Caliph	-
-		Sitt al-Mulk	13 February 1021	5 February 1023	Regent	Died
6		Al-Mustansir Billah	13 June 1036	29 December 1094	Caliph	-
-		Ali ibn Ahmad al-Jarjara'i	1036	27 March 1045	Vizier and de facto Regent
-		Rasad	27 March 1045	1062	de facto Regent	Stripped of property after defeat by the Turks
7		Al-Musta'li	31 December 1094	8 December 1101	Caliph	-
8		Al-Amir bi-Ahkami'l-Lah	8 December 1101	17 October 1130	Caliph	Killed
-		Al-Hafiz (Later ruled as Caliph from 1132 to 1149)	1130	1130	Regent	Overthrown by Kutayfat
-		Kutayfat	1130	1131	Vizier, de facto military dictator	Killed
9		Al-Hafiz	1131	October 1149	Caliph (officially in 1132, de jure regent since 1131)	-
10		Al-Zafir	October 1149	16 April 1154	Caliph	Killed
11		Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah	16 April 1154	23 July 1160	Caliph	Died
-		Tala'i ibn Ruzzik	16 April 1154	10 September 1161	Regent	Assassinated
12		Al-Adid li-Din Allah	23 July 1160	10 September 1171	Caliph	Unseated by Saladin (In 1171, he abolished Fatimid dynasty and realigned the country's allegiance with Abbasid calips)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005).^[6]

#	Governor		Start	End	Title	Fate
1	Saladin		10 September 1171	4 March 1193	Sultan	Died in office (In 1171, he abolished Fatimid dynasty and realigned the country's allegiance with Abbasid calips)
2	Al-Aziz	No picture available	4 March 1193	29 November 1198	Sultan	Died
3	Al-Mansur	No picture available	29 November 1198	February 1200	Sultan	Deposed
4	Al-Adil I		February 1200	31 August 1218	Sultan	Died
5	Al-Kamil		2 September 1218	8 March 1238	Sultan	Died
6	Al-Adil II	No picture available	8 March 1238	31 May 1240	Sultan	Deposed by his brother and successor Salih
7	As-Salih Ayyub	No picture available	1 June 1240	21 November 1249	Sultan	Died
-	Shajar al-Durr		21 November 1249	27 February 1250	Regent	Abdicated
8	Turanshah		27 February 1250	2 May 1250	Sultan	Assassinated by the Mamluks
9	Al-Ashraf Musa	No picture available	1250	1254	Co-sultan with Aybak	Dethroned / custody

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (2005),^[6] unless otherwise stated.

#	Name	Picture	Start	End	Title	Fate
1	Shajar al-Durr		2 May 1250	31 July 1250	Sultan[nb 1]	Abdicated to Aybak
2	Izz al-Din Aybak		31 July 1250	10 April 1257	Sultan	Assassinated by Shajar al-Durr
3	al-Mansur Nour al-Din Ali		15 April 1257	November 1259	Sultan	Dethroned by Seif al-Din
4	al-Muzafar Seif al-Din Qutuz		November 1259	24 October 1260	Sultan	Assassinated by Baibars
5	al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Bunduqdari		24 October 1260	1 July 1277	Sultan	Died
6	al-Said Nasir al-Din Barakah		3 July 1277	August 1279	Sultan	Resigned
7	al-Adel Badr al-Din Solamish	No image available	August 1279	November 1279	Sultan	Dethroned
8	al-Mansour Seif al-Din Qalawun		November 1279	10 November 1290	Sultan	Died
9	al-Ashraf Salah al-Din Khalil		12 November 1290	12 December 1293	Sultan	Assassinated
10	al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Mohamed Ben Qalawun (First Reign)		14 December 1293[6]	December 1294[6]	Sultan	Dethroned
11	al-Adil Zein al-Din Katubgha	No image available	December 1294	7 December 1296	Sultan	Escaped
12	al-Mansour Hossam al-Din Lajin		7 December 1296	16 January 1299	Sultan	Assassinated
-	al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Mohamed Ben Qalawun (Second Reign)		16 January 1299	March 1309	Sultan	Resigned
13	al-Muzafar Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Jashnakir	No image available	April 1309	5 March 1310	Sultan	Executed
-	al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Mohamed Ben Qalawun (Third Reign)		5 March 1310	6 June 1341	Sultan	Died
14	al-Mansour Saif al-Din Abu Bakr	No image available	8 June 1341	August 1341[9]	Sultan	Dethroned
15	al-Ashraf Ala'a al-Din Kujuk	No image available	August 1341[9]	21 January 1342[10]	Sultan	Dethroned
16	al-Nasir Shihab al-Din Ahmad	No image available	21 January 1342[10]	27 June 1342[11]	Sultan	Dethroned
17	al-Salih Imad al-Din Abu Ismail	No image available	27 June 1342[11]	3 August 1345[12]	Sultan	Died
18	al-Kamil Seif al-Din Shaban	No image available	3 August 1345[12]	18 September 1346[12]	Sultan	Killed
19	al-Muzafar Zein al-Din Hagi		18 September 1346[12]	10 December 1347[12]	Sultan	Killed
20	al-Nasir Badr al-Din Abu al-Ma'aly al-Hassan (First Reign)		December 1347	24 August 1351[12]	Sultan	Dethroned
21	al-Salih Salah al-Din Ben Mohamed		21 August 1351[12]	20 October 1354[12]	Sultan	Custody
-	al-Nasir Badr al-Din Abu al-Ma'aly al-Hassan (Second Reign)		20 October 1354[12]	16 March 1361[12]	Sultan	Disappeared /prob. killed
22	al-Mansur Salah al-Din Mohamed Ben Hagi		17 March 1361[12]	28 May 1363[12]	Sultan	Dethroned for insanity
23	Al-Ashraf Sha'ban		29 May 1363[12]	15 March 1377[12]	Sultan	Executed
24	al-Mansur Ala-ad-Din Ali Ibn al-Ashraf Shaban		15 March 1377[12]	19 May 1381[12]	Sultan	Died in epidemic
25	Al-Salih Hajji (First Reign)		19 May 1381[12]	26 November 1382	Sultan	Resigned
Burji Mamluk rule (1382-1389)
-	Al-Salih Hajji (Second Reign)		1 June 1389[12]	January 1390[12]	Sultan	Resigned

#	Name	Picture	Start	End	Title	Fate
1	Al-Malik Az-Zahir Sayf ad-Din Barquq		26 November 1382[12]	1 June 1389[12]	Sultan	Captured and sent to Al-Karak
Bahri Mamluk rule (1389-1390)
-	Al-Malik Az-Zahir Sayf ad-Din Barquq (Second Reign)		21 January 1390[12]	20 June 1399[12]	Sultan	Died
2	Faraj bin Barquq (First Reign)		20 June 1399[12]	20 September 1405[12]	Sultan	Escaped
3	Abdul Aziz bin Barquq	No image available	20 September 1405[12]	November 1405[12]	Sultan	Died in custody
-	Faraj bin Barquq (Second Reign)		November 1405[12]	23 May 1412[12]	Sultan	Dethroned / Killed
4	Abu al-Fadl Abbas al-Musta'in Billah	No image available	23 May 1412[12]	6 November 1412[12]	Caliph	Deposed
5	Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh al-Mahmudi		6 November 1412[12]	13 January 1421[12]	Sultan	Died
6	al-Muzafar Abu al-Saadat Ahmad	No image available	13 January 1421[12]	29 August 1421[12]	Sultan	Dethroned
7	Al-Zahir Sayf-ad-Din Tatar	No image available	29 August 1421[12]	30 November 1421[12]	Sultan	Died
8	as-Salih Nasir-ad-Din Muhammad	No image available	30 November 1421[12]	1 April 1422[12]	Sultan	Dethroned
9	Sayf ad-Din Barsbay		1 April 1422[12]	7 June 1438[12]	Sultan	Died
10	Jamal ad-Din Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf	No image available	7 June 1438[12]	9 September 1438[12]	Sultan	Dethroned
11	Sayf ad-Din Jaqmaq		9 September 1438[12]	1 February 1453[12]	Sultan	Dethroned
12	Al-Mansur Fakhr-ad-Din Uthman	No image available	1 February 1453[12]	15 March 1453[12]	Sultan	Dethroned
13	Sayf ad-Din Inal		15 March 1453[12]	26 February 1461[12]	Sultan	Resigned due to illness and died
14	Al-Mu'ayyad Shihab al-Din Ahmad	No image available	26 February 1461[12]	28 June 1461[12]	Sultan	Dethroned
15	Khushqadam		28 June 1461[12]	9 October 1467[12]	Sultan	Died
16	Sayf ad-Din Bilbay	No image available	9 October 1467[12]	4 December 1467[12]	Sultan	Dethroned and died in custody
17	Timurbugha	No image available	4 December 1467[12]	31 January 1468[12]	Sultan	Dethroned
18	Sayf ad-Din Qa'itbay		31 January 1468[12]	7 August 1496[12]	Sultan	Abdicated to his son
19	al-Nasir Abu al-Sa'adat Muhammad (First Reign)	No image available	7 August 1496[12]	1497	Sultan	Deposed
20	Qansuh Khumsama'ah [arz]	No image available	1497	1497	Sultan	Escaped and disappeared
-	al-Nasir Abu al-Sa'adat Muhammad (Second Reign)	No image available	1497	31 October 1498[12]	Sultan	Assassinated
21	az-Zahir Qansuh al-Ashrafi	No image available	31 October 1498[12]	30 June 1500[12]	Sultan	Abdicated
22	al-Ashraf Janbalat	No image available	30 June 1500[12]	25 January 1501[12]	Sultan	Dethroned
23	Sayf ad-Din Tumanbay	No image available	25 January 1501[12]	20 April 1501[12]	Sultan	Deposed and executed
24	Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri		20 April 1501[12]	24 August 1516[12]	Sultan	Killed in Battle of Marj Dabiq
25	Tuman bay II		17 October 1516[12]	15 April 1517[12]	Sultan	Executed by the Ottoman Sultan Selim I

• Bosworth, Clifford E., The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University Press, New York, 1996 (Google Books)
• Kennedy, Hugh N. (1998). "Egypt as a Province in the Islamic Caliphate, 641–868". In Petry, Carl F. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Egypt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 62–85. ISBN 978-0-521-47137-4.
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• History of Muslim Egypt