Al-Muazzam Turanshah
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Turanshah, also Turan Shah (Arabic : توران شاه) (epithet: al-Malik al-Muazzam Ghayath al-Din Turanshah (Arabic : الملك المعظم غياث الدين توران شاه)) ( d. 2 May, 1250, Fariskur ) was the Sultan of Egypt for a brief period.
[edit] Biography
He was the son and heir of the Ayyubid sultan of Egypt As-Salih Ayyub who died during the Seventh Crusade led by the French King Louis IX against Egypt in 1249. Shajar al-Durr, wife of the dead sultan concealed the news of the sultan’s death and recalled Turanshah from Hasankeyf to receive the throne of Egypt and lead the army against the invading crusaders. Turanshah arrived in Egypt and led the Egyptian army but after the Battle of Fariskur he started to replace his father’s staff with his own, and showed hostility toward Shajar al-Durr and the Bahri Mamluks who served his father and played a crucial role in defeating the Frankish forces during the Battle of Al Mansurah. The actions of Turanshah led to his murder by the Mamlukes and Shajar al-Durr became the Sultana of Egypt.
With the death of Turanshah, the 8th sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty, the reign of the Ayyubids in Egypt ended forever.
| Regnal titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by As-Salih Ayyub |
Sultan of Egypt 1249 - 1250 |
Succeeded by Shajar al-Durr |
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[edit] References
- Abu al-Fida, The Concise History of Humanity
- Al-Maqrizi, Al Selouk Leme'refatt Dewall al-Melouk, Dar al-kotob, 1997.
- Idem in English: Bohn, Henry G., The Road to Knowledge of the Return of Kings, Chronicles of the Crusades, AMS Press, 1969.
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa al-'i'tibar bi dhikr al-khitat wa al-'athar,Matabat aladab,Cairo 1996, ISBN977-241-175X.
- Idem in French: Bouriant, Urbain , Description topographique et historique de l'Egypte,Paris 1895
- Ibn Taghri, al-Nujum al-Zahirah Fi Milook Misr wa al-Qahirah, al-Hay'ah al-Misreyah 1968
- History of Egypt, 1382-1469 A.D. by Yusef. William Popper, translator Abu L-Mahasin ibn Taghri Birdi, University of California Press 1954
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