RPR-EGY-M011 · EGYPT

Dar al-Imara of Ahmad ibn Tulun at al-Qata’i

دار الإمارة

Ruler’s Palace / Lost Palace · Lost; site incorporated into later Cairo

Registry Record

RPR-EGY-M011 · Tulunid Dynasty · Ahmad ibn Tulun

Type: Ruler’s Palace / Lost Palace
Date: c.870s CE; al-Qata’i destroyed 905
Status: Lost; site incorporated into later Cairo
Royal provenance: Historically attested palace adjoining Ibn Tulun Mosque

Why It Belongs in the Registry

This page records a verified or explicitly qualified palace-related site within Egypt's royal and dynastic landscape. Royal Palaces separates the existence of the building or complex from stronger claims about exact occupancy, chronology or surviving fabric.

People

Ahmad ibn Tulun

Sources & Further Reading

Geography

Geographic Path: Egypt → Cairo Governorate → Cairo → Historic Cairo

Local Place: al-Qata'i

Estate / Micro-location: Tulunid capital / Dar al-Imara

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Rulers, Residents & Use by Reign

PeriodRulerRelationshipNotes
868–884Ahmad ibn Tulunfounder / residenceDar al-Imara at al-Qata'i formed the Tulunid ruler's palace.