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an-Nasir Hasan

Type Figure Region Egypt Time c. 1335–1361 Also known as Al-Nasir Hasan、an-Nasir Hasan、al-Malik al-Nasir Badr ad-Din Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Qalawun、الناصر حسن

an-Nasir Hasan (c. 1334/35–1361) was a Bahri Mamluk sultan of Egypt, son of an-Nasir Muhammad, reigning twice (1347–1351, 1354–1361);…

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  1. 1347–1351Cairo · CairoAfter his brother al-Muzaffar Hajji fell in battle in 1347, the emirs enthroned the twelve-year-old an-Nasir Hasan as sultan. His first year coincided with the Black Death ravaging Egypt. In 1350 Hasan tried to rule personally and dismiss vizier Manjak, but was deposed by emir Taz months later.
  2. 1354–1361Cairo · CairoHasan was restored after a coup by Shaykh and Sarghitmish in 1355. He promoted the awlad al-nas to high office and built the Sultan Hasan mosque-madrasa between 1356 and 1363, a masterpiece of Mamluk architecture.
  3. 1361Cairo · CairoIn 1361 Hasan was assassinated by the Mamluk Yalbugha al-Umari, whom he had personally promoted, at about twenty-seven years of age. The act stemmed from Turkic Mamluk magnates' strong resentment of the sultan's reliance on the awlad al-nas.

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