Autonomous dynasty ruling Egypt and the Levant before the Fatimid conquest.
The Ikhshidid Dynasty was ended by the Fatimid conquest of Egypt in 969 AD: the Fatimid general Jawhar entered Fustat in July 969 after a swift campaign, and the last Ikhshidid presence in Syria was extinguished by March 970.
Covers the Ikhshidids who ruled Egypt and the Levant before the Fatimid conquest.
Ikhshidid Egypt within the city's longue durée (broad urban context).