The novel "Ahmad Ibn Tulun" is part of a series of novels about the history of Islam. This work combines the characteristics of a literary novel with historical facts. The novel focuses on the important historical events that took place during the reign of Ahmad Ibn Tulun. It also includes a description of Egypt and Nubia in the middle of the third century AH. The novel also focuses on describing the political, social and literary conditions during the Tulunid era. In this historical novel, Zaydan relied on combining his imagination with historical facts, which he relied on two main references, as he mentioned: Al-Maqrizi's history and the history of Islamic civilization.
