The following is a list of governors of Gaza. During Mamluk and early Ottoman rule, Gaza served as the capital of a province which at times included most of central and southern Palestine or the coastal plain up to Jaffa.
- Shams el-Din al-Barli (1259–1264)
- Baybars al-Ala'i (1307–1309)
- Baktamur (1310–1311)
- Sanjar al-Jawli (1311–1320)
- Muhammad ibn Baktamur (1320–1329)
- Turuntay al-Jukandari (1329–1332)
- Taynal al-Ashrafi (1332–1335)
- Sanjar al-Jawli (1342)
- Ahmad al-Hajji (1373–1375)
- Muhammad al-Adili (1375)
- Akbugha al-Safawi (1375–1381)[9]
- Husam ad-Din Bakish (1382)
- Aqbugha al-Tulutumari (?-1398)
- Sayf ad-Din Inal al-Ala'i (1428–1433)
- Timraz al-Mu'ayyadi (ca 1436–1437)[13]
- Yalkhuja an-Nasiri (1445–1446)
- Sibay az-Zahiri (ca. 1482)
- Aqbay al-Ashrafi (1482–1494)[15]
- Qani Bak (1494–1495)[15]
- Aqbay al-Ashrafi (1495–1496)[15]
- Dawlat Bay (1501–1517)
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