 From 868 to 905 the Tulunids ruled Gaza , and around 909 , the influence of the Fatimids from Egypt started to grow , leading to a slow decline of the city . The orange was introduced to the area , arriving from India in 943 . In 977 , the Fatimids established an agreement with the Seljuk Turks , whereby the Fatimids would control Gaza and the land south of it , including Egypt . By the 985 CE , while under Fatimid rule , the Arab geographer al @-@ Muqaddasi described Gaza as " a large town lying on the <unk> to Egypt on the border of the desert . There is here a beautiful mosque , also to be seen is the monument for the Khalif Umar . " The Arabic language poet , Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al @-@ Ghazzi was born in the city in 1049 . 
