Al-Ashraf Explained

Al-Ashraf, either from (Arabic: الأشرف|link=no, 'the most noble') or (Arabic: الأشراف, 'the nobles'), may refer to:

People

• Al-Ashraf Al-Barsbay, Burji Mamluk sultan of Egypt (1422–1438)
• Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri, Mamluk Sultan (1501–1516)
• Al-Ashraf Janbalat, Sultan of Egypt (1500–1501)
• Al-Ashraf Khalil, Mamluk Sultan (1290–1293)
• Al-Ashraf Kujuk, Mamluk Sultan (1341–1342)
• Al-Ashraf Musa, Emir of Homs (1246–1263)
• Al-Ashraf Musa, Sultan of Egypt (1250–1254)
• Al-Ashraf Musa, Emir of Damascus and Ba'albek (1229–1237)
• Al-Ashraf Sha'ban, Mamluk Sultan (1363–1377)
• Al-Ashraf Tuman bay, last Sultan of Egypt (1516–1517)
• Al-Ashraf Umar II (1242–1296), Rasulid sultan, mathematician and astronomer

Places

• Al Ashraf, Makkah, village in the Makkah Region of Saudi Arabia
• Al-Ashraf (Taiz), a district in Taiz, Yemen
• An-Najaf Al-Ashraf, city in central Iraq.

Mosques

• Al-Ashraf Mosque in Cairo, built by Al-Ashraf Al-Barsbay

Title

• Ashrāf or al-Ashrāf, title for those claiming descent from the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

See also

• Ashraf (disambiguation)