Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid
Muhammad ibn Tughj was an Abbasid commander and governor. He became the autonomous ruler of Egypt and parts of Syria from 935 until his death in 946. He was the founder of the Sunni Ikhshidid dynasty, which ruled the region until the Fatimid conquest of 969. His family was of Turkic origin from the Farghana Valley in Transoxiana.
