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Sultan Shaykhu

Type Figure Region Mamluk Sultanate Time c. 1300–1357 Also known as Sayf al-Din Shaykhu al-Nasiri

One of the most powerful Mamluk emirs in mid-14th-century Egypt, a freed slave under an-Nasir Muhammad, who twice shared or held sole control of gove…

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  1. 1347–1351Cairo · CairoDuring the first reign of the young sultan al-Hasan, he ranked with Taz, Manjak, and Baybugha as one of the four powerful emirs. Arrested by Hasan in 1350 and imprisoned in Alexandria, he was pardoned and returned to Cairo after Hasan's deposition in 1351, jointly controlling state affairs with Taz.
  2. 1351–1355Cairo · CairoDuring the nominal reign of as-Salih Salih, Shaykhu and Taz divided government between them; he built public water-and-school facilities (sabil-kuttab) in Cairo 1352–1355, began Shaykhu's Mosque in 1349, and completed the khanqah in 1355. He later fell out with Taz.
  3. 1354–1357Cairo Citadel · CairoIn October 1354 he and Sayf al-Din Shaykhu... [source truncated]

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