Tuman Bay I Explained

Tuman bay I
Succession:Sultan of Egypt and Syria
Reign:25 January – 20 April 1501
Predecessor:Abu al-Nasir Janbalat
Successor:Al-Ashraf Qansuh Al-Ghuri
Spouse:Khawand Fatima[1]
Birth Date:Around 1461
Death Date:After 1501
Religion:Sunni Islam

Al-Adil Sayf ad-Din Tuman bay (Arabic: السلطان الملك العادل أبو النصر طومان باى الأشرفى قايتباى) was the twenty fifth Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from the Burji dynasty. He ruled for about one hundred days in 1501.

Tuman Bay I was about forty years old when he was selected as Sultan.[2] Although he was popular before becoming a Sultan, he soon lost that popularity due to his cruel measures, which was manifested in condemning one of the princes to death by hanging for alleged conspiracy.

He was overthrown and succeeded by Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri.

Sources

  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. شفيق مهدى (دكتور) : مماليك مصر و الشام, الدار العربية للموسوعات, بيروت 2008