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Qalawun
Sign in to save' (, – November 10, 1290) was the seventh Turkic Bahri Mamluk sultan of Egypt; he ruled from 1279 to 1290. He was called ' (, "Qalāwūn the Victorious"). After having risen in power in the Mamluk court and elite circles, Qalawun eventually held the title of "the victorious king" and gained de facto authority over the sultanate. He is the founder of the Qalawunid dynasty that ruled Egypt for over a century.
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- Born
- 1334
- Died
- 1361
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Kitāb Waqf al-Sulṭān al-Nāṣir Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Qalāwūn ʻalá madrasatihi bi-al-Rumaylah
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- al-Manṣūr Qalāwūn
- Royalty.title
- al-Malik al-Manṣūrkassim amir al-mu'minin
- Royalty.image
- قبة ضريح السلطان المملوكي قلاوون.JPG
- Royalty.caption
- For a time, Mamluk sultans after him received their coronation here.
- Royalty.succession
- Sultan of Egypt
- Royalty.reign
- November 1279 – 10 November 1290
- Royalty.native_lang1
- Royal name
- Royalty.predecessor
- Solamish
- Royalty.successor
- al-Ashraf Khalil
- Royalty.spouse type
- Consort
- Royalty.royal house
- Qalawunid dynasty
- Royalty.dynasty
- Bahri Mamluks
- Royalty.death_date
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1223
- Died
- 10 November 1290
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Egypt in the Middle Ages
- Place of death
- Cairo
- Child
- Al-Nasir Muhammad
- Occupation
- sultan
- Position held
- Sultan of Egypt
- Languages spoken
- Egyptian Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Family
- Bahri dynasty
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Biography and rise to power
- Mamluk diplomacy
- Wars against the Crusader states
- Family
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
' (, – November 10, 1290) was the seventh Turkic Bahri Mamluk sultan of Egypt; he ruled from 1279 to 1290. He was called ' (, "Qalāwūn the Victorious"). After having risen in power in the Mamluk court and elite circles, Qalawun eventually held the title of "the victorious king" and gained de facto authority over the sultanate. He is the founder of the Qalawunid dynasty that ruled Egypt for over a century.
The current sultan, Barakah was exiled and rumored to have been poisoned by Qalawun. He would then wage war against the Crusaders, capturing lands held by the County of Tripoli, and later totally defeating them in 1289. Acre, a major Crusader stronghold was besieged by Qalawun but would only be taken by his son al-Ashraf Khalil as the former died before the siege was won in 1291. His son Khalil succeeded him as sultan.