Fall of the Tulunid state and burning of al-Qata'i' (292 AH)

In 292 AH the caliph al-Muktafi sent his commander Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib, who took Egypt and ended the Tulunid dynasty. Al-Muktafi ordered the burning of the quarters that Ahmad ibn Tulun had built. ¹

When the Tulunid state had weakened and the Qaramita were ravaging the regions of Syria, al-Muktafi sent Muhammad ibn Sulayman. He took Syria, then came close to Egypt, and kept writing to the commanders until Badr al-Hammami came to him. ¹

Harun ibn Khumarawayh went out to fight, and was struck by a spear in a mutiny among his troops. The notables of the state came over to Muhammad. He entered Egypt and put the Tulunids in chains, seventeen men, and sent them to Baghdad. ¹

The quarters lay east of Egypt, a mile by a mile. They were burned, and Fustat was plundered. ¹