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Sayf ad-Din Shahin

Type Figure Region Mamluk Sultanate Time c. 1320–1365 Also known as Sayf ad-Din Shahin、Sayf al-Din Shahin ibn Abdullah、Shahin、سيف الدين شاهين

A mid-14th-century Mamluk military emir in Cairo, one of several emirs titled 'Shahin' active after Nasir Hasan's restoration, whose exact career mus…

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  1. 1351–1354Cairo · CairoAfter Hasan was deposed and al-Salih Salih took the throne in 1351, Tayiz and Shaikh divided governance; a group of Mamluk officers titled 'Shahin' in the palace belonged to the sultan's guard system, participating in the daily garrison duty and ceremonies of the Cairo citadel and royal guard.
  2. 1354–1357Cairo Citadel · CairoAfter Hasan's restoration in October 1354, Shaikh served as commander-in-chief and Sarghitmish was another powerful minister; emirs titled Shahin mostly belonged to the royal Mamluk class, deliberating in the citadel and serving before the sultan. In November 1357 Shaikh was assassinated in the judicial hall, shaking the court, with many in the sultan's guard questioned or implicated.
  3. 1357–1360Cairo · CairoAfter Shaikh's death Hasan purged his followers, and some Shahin emirs were exiled or imprisoned in Alexandria, while Sarghitmish's power rose. By around 1360 Hasan continued to promote his own slaves and sons, and court figures titled Shahin either joined new factions or faded from the front line.

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