KEY PLAYERS:
| TULUNIDS | `ABBASIDS | TURKISH GUARD /ADMINISITRATORS | GEOGRAPHIC PLACES |
| AHMAD ibn TULUN | al-MUSTA`IN | UTAMISH | BAGHDAD |
| KHUMARAWAYH | al-MU`TAZZ | BUGHA al-SAGHIR | SAMARRA |
| al-MUHTADI | FUSTAT | ||
| al-MU`TAMID | al-RAFIQA | ||
| al-MUWAFFAQ | DIMASHQ | ||
| al-MU`TADID | FILASTIN | ||
| HALAB | |||
| HARRAN | |||
| HIMS | |||
| ANTAKIYYA |