Egypt remained under the rule of the Truly Guided Caliphs, the Umayyads and the Abbasids a colony ruled by a governor appointed by the caliph. With the advent of the Tolonian kingdom things had changed.

Ahmed Ibn Tolon was appointed a ruler in Egypt in 254H/868AC. Ibn Tolon succeeded in turning the rule in Egypt into a kingdom for the first time in Egypt after the Islamic conquest. Tolonian kingdom was semi-independent from the Abbasids.

 
Ahmed Ibn Tolon and his sons ruled Egypt for 38 years as follows:
- Ahmed Ibn Tolon, from Ramadan 254H/August 868AC to Zel Queida 270H/May 884AC,
- Abu al-Gaysh Khmaraweih Ibn Ahmed Ibn Tolon, from Zel Queida 270H/May884AC to Zel Queida 282H/January 896AC, when he was killed.

- Abu Al-Assaker Gaysh Ibn Khmaraweih Ibn Ahmed Ibn Tolon, from Zel Queida 282H/January 896AC to Gomadi al-Akhera 283H/July 896AC,
- Haroun Ibn Khmaraweih Ibn Ahmed Ibn Tolon, from Gomada al-Akhera 283H/July 896AC to Safer 292H/December 904AC.
- Sheiban Ahmed Ibn Tolon (Abu al-Manaquib) in Safer 292H/December 904AC for few days.

The fall of the Tolonian Kingdom:
The Tolonian Kingdom collapsed at the hands of the Abbasids' army. Their capital, al-Quata'ei, was set ablaze. Thus, Egypt returned to be under the Abbassids once again.

The Abbassids appointed the following rulers:
-  Eissa al-Noushari, from Gomadi al-Akhera 292H/April 905AC to Sha'ban 297H/April 910AC.
- Ga'far Ibn Ahmed al-Mo'tadid, well-known as al-Moqtader Bellah, succeeded al-Moktafy

Bellah in Zel Queida 295H and he appointed the following rulers:

- Abu Mansour Tekin, from Shawwal 297 H/June 910AC to Zel Queida 203 H/May 915AC.
- Zaka Al-A'war, from Safer 303H/August 915AC to Rabei Akhar 307H/919AC.
- Abu Mansour Tekin, for the second time, from Sha'ban 307H/January 920AC to Rabei Awwal 309H/921AC.
- Hilal Ibn Badr, from Rabei Akhar 309H/August 921AC to Rabei Akhar 311H/July 923AC.
- Ahmed Ibn Keghlegh, from Ragab 311 H/October 923AC to Zel Queida 311 H/February 924AC.
- Abu al-Mansour Tekin, for the third time, from Zel Queida 311 H/February 924AC to Rabei Awwal 321 H/March 933AC.
- Al-Moqtader Bellah Ibn Al-Mo'tadid was killed in Shawwal 320 H/October 932AC and Abu al-Mansour al-Quahier Bellah Ibn al-Mo'tadid took over.

He appointed the following rulers:
- Mohammed Ibn Toghg, from Ramadan 321H/August 923AC to Shawwal 321H/September 923AC, namely 32 days. He did not even come to Egypt.

- Ahmed Ibn Keghlagh, for the second time, in Shawwal 321 H/September 923AC.

- Mohammed Ibn Tekin, in Rabei Awwal 322 H/June 934AC. However Ahmed Ibn Keghlagh regained the rule through fighting in Ragab 322H/June 934AC To Ramadan 323h/August 935ac. Al-Qaher Bellah was dethroned and Abu Al-Abbass al-Radi Bellah Ibn Al-Moqtadir succeeded him in GomadA Al-Aula 322 H/April 934AC.