They were politically isolated , and found little support among the Caliphate 's most powerful vassals , the Samanids of Transoxiana and Muhammad ibn Tughj al - Ikshid of Egypt .
The Hamdanids ' success proved short - lived , however .
Hamdanids were politically isolated , and found little support among the Caliphate 's most powerful vassals , the Samanids of Transoxiana and Muhammad ibn Tughj al - Ikshid of Egypt .
The Hamdanids ' success proved short - lived , however .