List of rulers of Islamic Egypt

Governors of Arab Egypt and Mamluk Egypt. For other periods, see the list of rulers of Egypt.

Rashidun Caliphate (640–661)

#	Governor	Start	End	Period	Caliph	Fate
1	Amr ibn al-As	640	646	6 years	Umar and Uthman	'Conquer of Egypt', Secluded by Uthman Ibn Affan
2	Abdallah ibn Sa'ad	646	656	10 years	Uthman	Overthrown by Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfa
3	Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfa	656	657	1 year	Uthman and Ali	Killed
4	Qays ibn Sa'd	657	657	6 months	Ali	Secluded
5	Malik al-Ashtar	657	657	1 day	Ali	Died before reaching Al-Fustat
6	Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr	658	658	5 months	Ali	Killed
-	Amr ibn al-As	July 658	January 664	6 years	None	He seized the control of Egypt after the death of incumbent Caliphal governor Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr during First Fitna, Died in office

Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers.

#	Governor	Start	End	Caliph	Comments
1	Amr ibn al-As	661	January 664	Mu'awiya-Amr's arrangement	As per his agreement with Mu'awiya, Amr was installed as governor of Egypt for life and ruled as a virtual partner rather than a subordinate of Mu'awiya, who had become caliph after Ali's assassination and his son al-Hasan's abdication in 661. Died in office
2	Abd Allah ibn Amr	January 664	February 664	Muawiya I	Resign
3	Utba ibn Abi Sufyan	February 664	665	Muawiya I	Brother of Mu'awiya I. Died
4	Uqba ibn Amir	665	20 May 667	Muawiya I	Muleteer of Muhammad. Unseated
5	Maslama ibn Mukhallad al-Ansari	20 May 667	9 April 682	Muawiya I Yazid I	Leading Umayyad partisan in Egypt. Died in office
6	Muhammad ibn Maslama	9 April 682	14 May 682	Yazid I	-
7	Sa'id ibn Yazid ibn Alqama al-Azdi	14 May 682	April 684	Yazid I Muawiya II	Unseated
8	Abd al-Rahman ibn Utba al-Fihri	April 684	11 February 685	Muawiya II Abd al-Malik	Appointed by Ibn al-Zubayr
9	Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam	11 February 685	1 July 703	Abd al-Malik	Died in office
10	Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam	1 July 703	30 January 709	Abd al-Malik Al-Walid I	Unseated
11	Qurra ibn Sharik al-Absi	30 January 709	14 November 714	Al-Walid I	Died in office
12	Abd al-Malik ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi	14 November 714	November 717	Al-Walid I Sulayman Umar II	Unseated
13	Ayyub ibn Sharhabil	November 717	1 April 720	Umar II Yazid II	-
14	Bishr ibn Safwan al-Kalbi	1 April 720	May 721	Yazid II	Became the governor of Ifriqiya
15	Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi	May 721	724	Yazid II Hisham	Unseated
16	Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan	724	2 May 724	Hisham	Resigned after witnessing an epidemic
17	Al-Hurr ibn Yusuf	2 May 724	27 April 727	Hisham	Unseated. Egypt under the de facto rule of Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab.
18	Hafs ibn al-Walid ibn Yusuf al-Hadrami	27 April 727	16 May 727	Hisham	Unseated. Egypt under the de facto rule of Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab.
-	Abd al-Malik ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi	16 May 727	30 May 727	Hisham	Died in office. Egypt under the de facto rule of Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab.
19	Al-Walid ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi	30 May 727	July 735	Hisham	Died in office. Egypt under the de facto rule of Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab.
20	Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid al-Fahmi	July 735	12 January 737	Hisham	Unseated
-	Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi	12 January 737	2 July 742	Hisham	Became the Wali of Africa
21	Hafs ibn al-Walid ibn Yusuf al-Hadrami	2 July 742	21 March 745	Hisham Al-Walid II Yazid III Ibrahim Marwan II	Resigned
22	Hassan ibn Atahiya	21 March 745	7 April 745	Marwan II	Ran away after opposition by the Hafsiya
-	Hafs ibn al-Walid ibn Yusuf al-Hadrami	7 April 745	4 October 745	Marwan II	Installed by the Hafsiya, surrendered to his successor without a fight
23	al-Hawthala ibn Suhayl al-Bahili	4 October 745	19 March 749	Marwan II	Unseated
24	Al-Mughira ibn Ubaydallah al-Fazari	19 March 749	March 750	Marwan II	Died
25	Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn Musa ibn Nusayr	March 750	9 August 750	Marwan II	Unseated by the Abbasids

Abbasid Caliphate (750–969)

Governors during the first Abbasid period (750–868)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers.

#	Governor	Start	End	Caliph	Fate
1	Salih ibn Ali ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas	9 August 750	2 April 751	As-Saffah	Became the wali of Palestine
2	Abu Awn Abd al-Malik ibn Yazid	2 April 751	27 October 753	As-Saffah	Ran away after an epidemic
-	Salih ibn Ali ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas	27 October 753	21 February 755	As-Saffah Al-Mansur	Unseated
-	Abu Awn Abd al-Malik ibn Yazid	21 February 755	26 August 758	Al-Mansur Al-Mahdi	Unseated
3	Musa ibn Ka'b al-Tamimi	26 August 758	28 April 759	Al-Mahdi	Died
4	Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i	28 April 759	18 December 760	Al-Mahdi	Unseated
5	Humayd ibn Qahtaba	18 December 760	14 February 762	Al-Mahdi	Unseated
6	Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi	14 February 762	30 April 769	Al-Mahdi	Unseated
7	Abdallah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj al-Tujibi	30 April 769	February 772	Al-Mahdi	Died
8	Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj al-Tujibi	February 772	18 September 772	Al-Mahdi	Died
9	Musa ibn Ali ibn Rabah al-Lakhmi	18 September 772	14 September 778	Al-Mahdi	Unseated
10	Isa ibn Luqman al-Jumahi	14 September 778	18 March 779	Al-Mahdi	Unseated
11	Wadih al-Maskin	18 March 779	1 June 779	Al-Mahdi	Unseated
12	Mansur ibn Yazid ibn Mansur	1 June 779	August 779	Al-Mahdi	Unseated
13	Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Harashi	August 779	15 September 780	Al-Mahdi	Unseated
14	Salim ibn Sawada al-Tamimi	15 September 780	6 September 781	Al-Mahdi	Unseated
15	Ibrahim ibn Salih ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas	6 September 781	1 July 784	Al-Mahdi	Unseated
16	Musa ibn Mus'ab al-Khath'ami	1 July 784	10 July 785	Al-Mahdi	Killed
17	Asama ibn Amr	10 July 785	11 August 785	Al-Mahdi Al-Hadi	Unseated
18	al-Fadl ibn Salih ibn Ali al-Abbasi	11 August 785	April 786	Al-Hadi	Unseated
19	Ali ibn Sulayman al-Abbasi	April 786	15 September 787	Al-Hadi Harun al-Rashid	Unseated by the new Abbasid wali
20	Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi	15 September 787	15 February 789	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
21	Maslama ibn Yahya al-Bajali	15 February 789	28 December 789	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
22	Muhammad ibn Zuhayr al-Azdi	28 December 789	2 June 790	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
23	Dawud ibn Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi	2 June 790	15 June 791	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
-	Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi	15 June 791	June 792	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
24	Ibrahim ibn Salih ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas	June 792	1 January 793	Harun al-Rashid	Died
25	Abdallah ibn al-Musayyab ibn Zuhayr al-Dabbi	1 January 793	12 October 793	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
26	Ishaq ibn Sulayman	12 October 793	1 November 794	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
27	Harthama ibn A'yan	1 November 794	9 January 795	Harun al-Rashid	Became the wali of Ifriqiya
28	Abd al-Malik ibn Salih	9 January 795	27 March 796	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
-	Abdallah ibn al-Musayyab ibn Zuhayr al-Dabbi	795	795	Harun al-Rashid	-
29	Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi al-Abbasi	27 March 796	2 November 796	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
-	Musa ibn Isa ibn Musa al-Abbasi	2 November 796	17 August 797	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
-	Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi al-Abbasi	17 August 797	2 November 797	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
30	Isma'il ibn Salih ibn Ali al-Abbasi	2 November 797	4 August 798	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
31	Isma'il ibn Isa al-Abbasi	4 August 798	10 December 798	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
32	Al-Layth ibn al-Fadl	10 December 798	21 June 803	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
33	Ahmad ibn Ismail ibn Ali ibn Abdallah al-Abbasi	21 June 803	15 September 805	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
34	Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi	15 September 805	30 July 806	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
35	Al-Husayn ibn Jamil	30 July 806	24 February 808	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
36	Malik ibn Dalham al-Kalbi	24 February 808	25 December 808	Harun al-Rashid	Unseated
37	Al-Hasan ibn al-Takhtakh	25 December 808	11 July 810	Harun al-Rashid Al-Amin	Unseated
38	Hatim ibn Harthamah ibn A'yan	11 July 810	25 March 811	Al-Amin	Unseated
39	Jabir ibn al-Ash'ath al-Ta'i	25 March 811	25 March 812	Al-Amin	Beaten off from Egypt
40	Abbad ibn Muhammad ibn Hayyan	25 March 812	13 November 813	Al-Amin Al-Ma'mun	Unseated
41	Al-Muttalib ibn Abdallah al-Khuza'i	13 November 813	21 June 814	Al-Ma'mun	Unseated
42	Al-Abbas ibn Musa ibn Isa al-Abbasi	21 June 814	4 September 814	Al-Ma'mun	-
-	Al-Muttalib ibn Abdallah al-Khuza'i	4 September 814	3 April 815	Al-Ma'mun	Beaten off from Egypt
43	Al-Sari ibn al-Hakam	3 April 815	30 September 816	Al-Ma'mun	Soldiers revolted against him
44	Sulayman ibn Ghalib ibn Jibril al-Bajali	30 September 816	28 February 817	Al-Ma'mun	Soldiers revolted against him
-	Al-Sari ibn al-Hakam	28 February 817	10 December 820	Al-Ma'mun	-
45	Abu Nasr ibn al-Sari	10 December 820	7 January 822	Al-Ma'mun	-
46	Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Mazyad	822	822	Al-Ma'mun	-
47	Ubaydallah ibn al-Sari	822	17 April 826	Al-Ma'mun	Unseated by the new wali
48	Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani	17 April 826	December 828	Al-Ma'mun	Departed for Iraq
?	unknown	December 828	21 January 829	Al-Ma'mun	Acting governor
49	Isa ibn Yazid al-Juludi	21 January 829	27 January 829	Al-Ma'mun	Unseated
50	Umayr ibn al-Walid	27 January 829	28 April 829	Al-Ma'mun	Appointed by Abu Ishaq, killed in an anti-taxation rebellion
?	unknown	28 April 829	June 829	Al-Ma'mun	Acting governor
-	Isa ibn Yazid al-Juludi	June 829	830	Al-Ma'mun	Unseated
51	Abu Ishaq Muhammad ibn Hārūn	830	28 February 830	Al-Ma'mun	-
52	Abdawayh ibn Jabalah	28 February 830	18 February 831	Al-Ma'mun	Unseated
53	Isa ibn Mansur al-Rafi'i	18 February 831	832	Al-Ma'mun	Unseated
54	Al-Ma'mun	832	March 832	Al-Ma'mun	-
55	Kaydar Nasr ibn Abdallah	March 832	June 834	Al-Ma'mun Al-Mu'tasim	Died
56	Muzaffar ibn Kaydar	June 834	9 September 834	Al-Mu'tasim	Unseated
57	Musa ibn Abi al-Abbas	9 September 834	12 February 839	Al-Mu'tasim	-
58	Malik ibn Kaydar	12 February 839	5 February 841	Al-Mu'tasim	Unseated
59	Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani	5 February 841	6 October 843	Al-Mu'tasim Al-Wathiq	Unseated
60	Isa ibn Mansur al-Rafi'i	6 October 843	December 847	Al-Wathiq Al-Mutawakkil	Unseated
?	unknown	December 847	15 February 848	Al-Mutawakkil	Acting governor
61	Harthamah ibn al-Nadr al-Jabali	15 February 848	3 April 849	Al-Mutawakkil	Died
62	Hatim ibn Harthamah ibn al-Nadr	3 April 849	3 May 849	Al-Mutawakkil	Unseated
-	Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani	3 May 849	27 May 850	Al-Mutawakkil	Unseated
63	Ishaq ibn Yahya ibn Mu'adh	27 May 850	27 May 851	Al-Mutawakkil	Unseated
64	Khut Abd al-Wahid ibn Yahya	27 May 851	24 September 852	Al-Mutawakkil	Unseated
65	Anbasah ibn Ishaq al-Dabbi	24 September 852	22 November 856	Al-Mutawakkil	Unseated
66	Yazid ibn Abdallah al-Hulwani	22 November 856	13 March 867	Al-Mutawakkil Al-Muntasir Al-Musta'in Al-Mu'tazz	Unseated
67	Muzahim ibn Khaqan	13 March 867	7 April 868	Al-Mu'tazz	Died
68	Ahmad ibn Muzahim ibn Khaqan	7 April 868	June 868	Al-Mu'tazz	Died
69	Azjur al-Turki	June 868	15 September 868	Al-Mu'tazz	Unseated

Autonomous emirs of the Tulunid dynasty (868–905)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers.

#	Emir	Start	End	Fate
1	Ahmad ibn Tulun	15 September 868	20 May 884	Governor during Al-Mu'tazz and Al-Muhtadi. He became autonomous during Al-Mu'tamid's reign. Died in office
2	Khumarawayh	20 May 884	18 January 896	Murdered
3	Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh	18 January 896	26 July 896	Unseated then died in jail in November 896
4	Harun	26 July 896	30 December 904	Murdered
5	Shayban	30 December 904	10 January 905	Surrendered to the Abbasids during Al-Muktafi's reign

Governors during the second Abbasid period (905–935)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers.

#	Governor	Start	End	Caliph	Fate
1	Isa al-Nushari	August 905	September 905	Al-Muktafi	Unseated
2	Muhammad al-Khalangi	September 905	May 906	Al-Muktafi	-
-	Isa al-Nushari	May 906	9 May 910	Al-Muktafi Al-Muqtadir	Died
3	Abu'l Abbas	13 June 910	23 June 910	Al-Muqtadir	-
4	Takin al-Khassa Abu Mansur Takin ibn Abdallah al-Harbi al-Khazari	23 June 910	27 August 915	Al-Muqtadir	Unseated
5	Dhuka al-Rumi	27 August 915	8 August 919	Al-Muqtadir	Died
-	Takin al-Khassa Abu Mansur Takin ibn Abdallah al-Harbi al-Khazari	8 August 919	22 July 921	Al-Muqtadir	Unseated
6	Mahmun ibn Hamal	22 July 921	25 July 921	Al-Muqtadir	-
-	Takin al-Khassa Abu Mansur Takin ibn Abdallah al-Harbi al-Khazari	25 July 921	14 August 921	Al-Muqtadir	Unseated
7	Abu'l-Hasan Hilal ibn Badr	14 August 921	17 August 923	Al-Muqtadir	Unseated
8	Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh	17 August 923	12 February 924	Al-Muqtadir	Unseated
-	Takin al-Khassa Abu Mansur Takin ibn Abdallah al-Harbi al-Khazari	12 February 924	16 March 933	Al-Muqtadir Al-Qahir Al-Muqtadir Al-Qahir	Died
9	Muhammad ibn Takin	16 March 933	30 September 933	Al-Qahir	Unseated
10	Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid	933	933	Al-Qahir	Did not take office.
-	Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh	30 September 933	934	Al-Qahir Al-Radi	Unseated
-	Muhammad ibn Takin	934	2 September 935	Al-Radi	-

Autonomous emirs of the Ikhshidid dynasty (935–969)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers.

Fatimid Dynasty (969–1171)

Dates for Caliphs taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers.

Ayyubid Sultanate (1171–1252)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers.

Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)

Bahri Mamluks">Bahri dynasty">Bahri Mamluks (1250–1382, 1389-1390)

Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers, unless otherwise stated.