Al-Mu'ayyad Shihab al-Din Ahmad
| Al-Mu'ayyad Shihab al-Din Ahmad | |
|---|---|
Sayf ad-Din Inal | |
| Mother | Khawand Zaynab |
Al-Mu'ayyad Shihab al-Din Ahmad (
Biography
Shihab al-Din Ahmad was born in Cairo to Sayf ad-Din Inal and Khawand Zaynab bint Khasbek. He was emir al-hajj ("commander of the pilgrimage [to Mecca]"),[3] before he was proclaimed sultan on 26 February 1461, after his father became ill.[4]
However, Ahmad ruled for four months before peacefully abdicating on 28 June as a result of pressure from an alliance of powerful mamluk factions opposed to his leadership, including the Zahiris, Ashrafis, Nasiris and his own Mu'ayyadis. They were led by
He was allowed to return to Cairo with his son Ali by Sultan Qaitbay, when his mother became ill in 1479. He later returned to Alexandria and lived there until his death on 28 January 1488.
His only known wife was the daughter of Süleyman Bey, ruler of the
References
- ^ Margoliouth, David Samuel (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 80–130, see page 102.
...On his death on the 26th of February 1461 his son Aḥmad was proclaimed sultan with the title Malik al-Mu'ayyad; he had the usual fate of sultans' sons.....he was compelled to abdicate on the 28th of June 1461
- ^ Eduard von Zambaur (1980). معجم الأنساب والأسرات الحاكمة في التاريخ الإسلامي للمستشرق زامباور (in Arabic). Beirut: IslamKotob. p. 164.
- ^ Raymond 2000, p. 166.
- ^ Natho 2010, p. 216.
- ^ Natho 2010, p. 217.
- ^ 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.
Sources
- Natho, Kadir I. (2010). Circassian History. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 978-1441523884.
- ISBN 0674003160.
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