The meaning of this term in their language for kings, and it was customary for them to call the king of Farghana "Al-Ikhshid". The Persians called their king Khosrow, the Romans Caesar, the Turks Khagan, the Yemenis Taba, and the Abyssinians Al-Najashi. And from the lineage of this Abu Bakr came the Ikhshidid state. In that year, Al-Ikhshid ordered the transfer of the arsenal from Al-Raqqa to the bank of the Nile, and it was transferred. In the year 354 AH, Muhammad Al-Ikhshid died in Damascus in Dhu al-Hijjah, and he was 74 years old, one year, 4 months, and 2 days, and he was buried in Jerusalem. The duration of his reign was Anujur, Al-Ikhshid. And after Al-Ikhshid, his son Abu al-Qasim Muhammad, who was nicknamed Anujur, took over. He was young and weak in opinion, so he entrusted the management of affairs to Kafur, his father's vizier. Kafur worked for Abu al-Qasim with honesty and diligence worthy of praise. He dismissed Abu Bakr Hamdan, the controller of revenues, due to the multiplicity of expenditures and their confirmation upon him, and appointed in his place a man from Mardin named Muhammad bin Afif, who was upright. When Sayf al-Dawla learned of the death of Muhammad Al-Ikhshid and his son's travel to Egypt, he went to Damascus and took control of it. Kafur quickly mobilized a large army and met Sayf al-Dawla in Ramla, coming from Damascus. The two sides clashed, and Sayf al-Dawla was defeated and fled to Raqqa. Kafur took control of Damascus before Sayf al-Dawla could establish himself there. The king of Nubia raided Egypt, reaching Aswan. Kafur sent an army in the year 355 AH under the command of Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Hazn via Ibrim and sent a naval expedition on the Nile and a detachment that sailed in the Red Sea, landing on its shores, and from there to beyond Nubia to block the Nubians' access. The Nubians were distressed and fled seeking safety, abandoning their fortress in Ibrim, 50 miles beyond Aswan, to the Egyptians. In Dhu al-Qadah of the year 360 AH, Anujur bin Muhammad Al-Ikhshid died after ruling for 10 years and 10 days, and his brother Ali, who was nicknamed Abu al-Hasan, was appointed in his place. Abu al-Hasan Ali bin Al-Ikhshid ruled Egypt for five years, two months, and two days. Kafur was with Ali. The Nile did not rise to the necessary height for irrigation. He was with his brother Anujur. In the year The following year, the rise was less. Then the water level dropped significantly, and the land was not irrigated. Thus, famine and plague occurred in Egypt.