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Founder of the dynasty was the Turkish military
slave Tulun, who rose to the office of commander of the household troops at the
court of the Abbasids. His son, Ahmad (868-884), inherited this office in 864
and in 868 became deputy governor and resident of the caliph in Egypt, where he
immediately gained independence; in 877 he occupied Syria and Palestine with the
help of mercenary armies. His son, Khumawayh (884-895), gained recognition as
governor of Egypt, Syria, and northern Mesopotamia, marrying his daughter to
Caliph al-Mutadid.
With the rule of ibn-Tulun a period of renewed political, social and cultural activity began in Palestine, after the long period of neglect that marked the hundred years of direct Abbasid rule. Ibn Tulun extended and enlarged the city, and built for himself a palace, the "Dome of the Air," on a spur of the Muqqatim hills. He also built an aqueduct (the first on record in Cairo) to conduct water from fresh springs south of the city to his palace. Ibn Tulun called his new city "al Qatai" (the wards) as it was subdivided into a series of districts corresponding to the divisions of his troops.
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