Tefnakht
Tefnakht , is a prince of Know towards -740 under the title of big boss of the Libou and the Mâ, and Piye qualifies it large Prince of the Western provinces of the Delta, he proclaims king in -727 and reigns until worms -717.
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Resulting from Libou, Libyan tribe infiltrated in the Western delta, Tefnakht reach the capacity with Know, and towards -730 he is already Master of Memphis.
Towards -728, it is with the head of a coalition of kings and Libyan chiefs of the delta, of which Nimlot of Hermopolis, Osorkon {{IV}} () and Ioupout {{II}} (). It tries to reunify Egypt while attacking Average-Egypt, where of others dynastes, in particular Peftjaouaouibastet reign, and in High-Egypt, subjected with the Nubian . It then puts the seat in front of Hérakléopolis which calls upon the Nubians, then in possession of Thèbes, and which had established their suzerainty on the Divines Adoratrices d' Amon. The king of Napata Piankhy () envoit its troops and the army of north east demolished but not destroyed.
Tefnakht flees towards north and Nimlot is locked up in its town of Hermopolis. During the winter trève, Tefnakht in démord not and car-proclaims king. The year according to, Piye/Piânkhy carries out its armies, Nimlot in person is subjected, Peftjaouaouibastet too. The Nubian thus leaves to make the head office of Memphis. The city taken, the majority of the Libyan chiefs of the delta are subjected to him. It continues Tefnakht, which continued to extend in the delta. Finally, like all the others, Tefnakht recognizes the suzerainty of the Nubian and pays tribe.
Continuous Tefnakht to reign in the west of the delta of which it keeps control from the city of Know where it took refuge. His/her son Bakenranef succeeds to him.
The majority of these details are given by Piankhy itself on a stele of victory which it made raise with the Gebel Barkal.
The author Christian Jacq refers, in a fictionalized way, with the combat opposing Tefnakht to the Pharaon Piankhy in his book " The Pharaon Noir"
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