Al-Ashraf Janbalat Explained

Al-Ashraf Janbalat
Succession:Sultan of Egypt and Syria
Reign:30 June 1500 – 25 January 1501
Predecessor:Abu Sa'id Qansuh
Successor:Sayf ad-Din Tumanbay
Spouse:Khawand Aslbay[1]
Birth Date:1455

Al-Ashraf Abu al-Nasir Janbalat (Arabic: الأشرف أبو النصر جانبلاط; 1455 – 1501) was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 30 June 1500 to 25 January 1501.[2] [3]

Biography

Abu al-Nasir Janbalat who was about 45 years old raised to the throne after Sultan Qansuh, threatened by a plot, fled in 1500. The chancellor Tuman-bay, who had ruled Syria, overthrew him in 1501. Janbalat tried to resist in the citadel, but was defeated, captured and sent into exile in Alexandria, to be later executed in 1501.

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Notes and References

  1. D'hulster . Kristof . Steenbergen . Jo Van . Family Matters: The Family-In-Law Impulse in Mamluk Marriage Policy . Annales Islamologiques . 47 . 61–82 . 2021-12-01.
  2. Egypt/3 History. Egypt s.v. III. History (as Jān Belāt). 9. 103. y. Edward Stanley. Poole. Stanley. Lane-Poole. Stanley Lane-Poole. David Samuel. Margoliouth. David Samuel Margoliouth.
  3. Book: Eduard von Zambaur. معجم الأنساب والأسرات الحاكمة في التاريخ الإسلامي للمستشرق زامباور. IslamKotob. 1980. Beirut. ar. 164.