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Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh
Gold dinar of Mamluk sultan Shaykh al-Mahmudi minted in Cairo between 1412 and 1421
Sultan of Egypt and Syria
Reign6 November 1412 – 13 January 1421
PredecessorAl-Musta'in
SuccessorAl-Muzaffar Ahmad
Bornc. 1369
Died13 January 1421(1421-01-13) (aged 51–52)
Spouse
  • Khawand Khatija
  • Khawand Zaynab
  • Khawand Saadat
Issue
  • Al-Muzaffar Ahmad
  • Ibrahim

Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh (Template:Lang-ar; c. 1369 – 13 January 1421) was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 6 November 1412 to 13 January 1421.[1][2]

Family

Shaykh's first wife was Khawand Khatija, whom he married before his accession to the throne.[3] Another wife was Khawand Zaynab, the daughter of Sultan Barquq.[4][3] She died in 1423.[4] Another wife was Khawand Sa'adat.[5] She was the daughter of Sirgitmish, and was the mother of his son Sultan Al-Muzaffar Ahmad.[3] After Shaykh's death, she married Sultan Sayf ad-Din Tatar. She died in 1430.[4] He had one daughter, who was married to commander-in-chief Altunbugha al-Qurmusi.[6]

Architecture

Muayyad Maristan facade
Minarets of Sultan al-Muayyad Mosque on Zewela Gate - old Cairo

He has built the Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad and Maristan of al-Mu'ayyad.

See also

References

  1. ^ Poole, Edward Stanley; Lane-Poole, Stanley; Margoliouth, David Samuel (1911). "Egypt/3 History" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 09 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 80–130, see page 102 para. (7) Period of Burjī Mamelukes.....On the 23rd of May 1412...."
  2. ^ Eduard von Zambaur (1980). معجم الأنساب والأسرات الحاكمة في التاريخ الإسلامي للمستشرق زامباور (in Arabic). Beirut: IslamKotob. p. 163.
  3. ^ a b c Akkuş Yiğit, Fatma (2016-04-20). "Memlûk Sarayında Tek Eşlilik ve Çok Eşlilik Üzerine Bir İnceleme" (PDF). Journal of International Social Research. 9 (43). The Journal of International Social Research: 560. doi:10.17719/jisr.20164317631. ISSN 1307-9581.
  4. ^ a b c D'hulster, Kristof; Steenbergen, Jo Van. "Family Matters: The Family-In-Law Impulse in Mamluk Marriage Policy". Annales Islamologiques. 47: 61–82. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  5. ^ Taghrībirdī, A.M.Y.I.; Popper, W. (1954). History of Egypt, 1382-1469 A.D.: 1412-1422 A.D. History of Egypt, 1382-1469 A.D. University of California Press. p. 142.
  6. ^ Conermann, S. (2014). Everything is on the Move: The Mamluk Empire as a Node in (trans-)regional Networks. Mamluk studies. V&R Unipress. p. 102. ISBN 978-3-8471-0274-8.
Regnal titles
Preceded by Mamluk Sultan of Egypt
6 November 1412–13 January 1421
Succeeded by