Ahmad ibn Tughan al-Ujayfi

Ahmad ibn Tughan al-Ujayfi shi ne gwamnan Tarsus, Antioch, da iyakokin  Abbasiyyah Khalifa a Kilicia don daular Tulunid mai cin gashin kanta daga 1989. 

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Ahmad ibn Tughan al-Ujayfi ya bayyana a karo na farko a cikin 891, a lokacin gwamnan Yazaman al-Khadim a Tarsus . A cikin shekarar da ta gabata, Yazaman ya amince da mulkin mallaka na Tulunid Khumarawayh a kan na gwamnatin tsakiya ta Abbasid a karkashin mai mulki al-Muwaffaq .  A cewar al-Tabari, Ahmad ya isa Tarsus a ranar 4 ga Oktoba 891 kuma ya shiga cikin balaguron bazara (ṣā"ifa) a kan sansanin iyakar Byzantine na Salandu (Selinus / Traianopolis), inda Yazaman ya ji mummunan rauni, ya mutu washegari (23 ga Oktoba).   A cewar Ibn al-Athir, "Ibn Ujayf" (Ahmad) ya gaji Yazaman a matsayin gwamnan Tarsus kuma Khumarawayh ya tabbatar da shi, kodayake wani Ibn Abi Isa, wanda shi ma kwamandan ne a cikin balaguron da aka yi wa Salandu, na iya rike mukamin a takaice a matsayin gwamna na wucin gadi. 

Ba da daɗewa ba, duk da haka, Muhammad ibn Musa al-A'raj ya maye gurbinsa a matsayin gwamnan Tarsus. Wannan na ƙarshe bai kasance a cikin mukamin na dogon lokaci ba, yayin da aka tsige shi kuma aka kama shi a watan Agusta na shekara ta 892 a cikin tashin hankali na mutanen Tarsus, masu fushi da yunkurin Tulunid na ɗaure mashahurin yankin Raghib kuma suka kwace dukiyarsa. An tilasta wa Khumarawayh ya koma baya, kuma ya tura Raghib zuwa birnin, tare da Ahmad, wanda aka sake masa suna gwamna. Sun isa birnin a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba 892. S. M. Stern ya ba da shawarar cewa watakila "al-Ujayfi" ko "Ibn Ujayf" wanda ya bayyana a matsayin gwamnan Tarsus a wannan lokacin mutum ne daban daga Ahmad ibn Tughan, wanda watakila ya kasance gwamnan yankunan iyaka da yawa maimakon Tarsus kadai. Littattafan zamani duk da haka gabaɗaya suna ɗaukar su mutum ɗaya ne.

A watan Satumbar 893, Ahmad al-Ujayfi tare da Ahmad ibn Abba da Badr al-Hammami sun jagoranci balaguro a kan Byzantines, sun kai har zuwa al-Balaqsun (ba a san shi ba, mai yiwuwa Carian ko Lycian Telmessos).   A watan Satumba na shekara ta 896, ya kula da musayar fursunoni tare da Byzantines a kan Kogin Lamos, wanda ya fara a ranar 16 ga Satumba kuma ya dauki kwanaki goma sha biyu, wanda ya haifar da fansa na Musulmai maza, mata da yara 2,504 a cewar al-Tabari, yayin da al-Mas'udi ya ƙidaya fursunonin da aka musayar a matsayin 2,495 ko 3,000. A wannan lokacin, al-Mas'udi ya kira Ahmad a matsayin "kwamanda na iyakar Siriya da Antakiya".

A watan Oktoba, bayan an kammala musayar, Ahmad ya bar Tarsus ta teku, ya bar dan tawayen Byzantine Damian na Tarsus (tsohon bawan Yazaman) a matsayinsa na gwamnan Tarsus. Daga baya, a watan Maris / Afrilu na shekara ta 897, ya aika da Yusuf ibn al-Baghimardi zuwa Tarsus, ko dai don maye gurbin ko don ƙarfafa Damian.

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