Qalawun

Timeline

1. 1260–1277Cairo · EgyptUnder Sultan Baybars he rose through key posts, taking part in military and administrative affairs against the Mongols and crusaders, becoming one of the court's core magnates.
2. 1277–1279Cairo · EgyptAfter Baybars's death he held real power under the nominal rule of the young sultan Mansur Ali and his brother Salih Nasir, commanding military and civil affairs and laying the groundwork for his own accession.
3. 1279–1280Cairo · EgyptAfter deposing Salih Nasir he made himself sultan, beginning a reign of over a decade and continuing to consolidate suzerainty over Syria and Palestine.