Qawsun

Also known as Sayf ad-Din Qawsun ibn Abdullah an-Nasiri as-Saqi

Sayf ad-Din Qawsun ibn Abdullah an-Nasiri as-Saqi (1302 – April 1342), commonly known as Qawsun (also spelled Qausun or Qusun) was a prominent Mamluk emir during the reigns of sultans an-Nasir Muhammad (r. 1310–41), al-Mansur Abu Bakr (r. 1341) and al-Ashraf Kujuk (r. 1341–42).

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Vinony files it under 1302 births, 1341 deaths and 14th-century merchants.

Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Image: Mosque Lamp of Amir Qawsun.jpg

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date of birth: 1302-01-01
date of death: 1341-01-01
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Origin
Senior emir of an-Nasir Muhammad
Strongman of Egypt
Downfall and death
References
Bibliography

==Origin== An ethnic Mongol, Qawsun was born in 1302, in the Kipchak steppe north of the Black Sea during the region's rule by the Golden Horde, a Mongol empire. An alternative location of his birthplace was the village of Barqa, near Bukhara. In his early career he was a merchant. In 1320, he joined an Egypt-bound naval caravan of 2,400 people, possibly led by his brother Tughay. The caravan was carrying Tulunbay, the daughter of the Golden Horde's emperor at the time, Özbeg Khan, who was heading to Egypt to marry Sultan an-Nasir Muhammad. The caravan arrived by sea to Alexandria on 5 May 1320. Qawsun had joined Tulunbay's retinue as a traveling merchant, and once he arrived in Egypt, he moved to the Mamluk Sultanate's capital, Cairo, to sell his leather wares.

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