The Abbasid army under supreme commander Ibn Ra'iq, in an attempt to subdue the Ikhshidids of Egypt, fought against them in an indecisive battle at Lajjun, in which the general of the Ikhshidids and brother of their king, Abu Nasr Husayn, was killed.
The Abbasid army under supreme commander Ibn Ra'iq fought against them in an indecisive battle at Lajjun. This was in an attempt to subdue the Ikhshidids of Egypt. The general of the Ikhshidids and brother of their king was killed in Lajjun. Abu Nasr Husayn was the general of the Ikhshidids. Abu Nasr Husayn was brother of their king.