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Aṣalbāy
{{Infobox royalty , consort = yes , name = Aṣalbāy , image = , caption = , succession = Mother of Mamluk Sultan , reign = 7 August 1496 – 31 October 1498 , predecessor = , successor = , succession2 = , reign2 = , predecessor2 = , successor2 = , spouse = Qaitbay{{marriage, Al-Ashraf Janbalat, 1500, 1501, end=d , spouse-type = Spouse , issue = With Qaitbay An-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qaitbay , full name = , house = , father = , mother = , birth_name = , birth_date = , birth_place = Circassia , death_date = {{circa, 1509} , death_place = Mecca,Mamluk Sultanate , burial_place = Khawand Aṣalbāy al-Jarkasiyya (died 1509) was a Mamluk consort. She was the concubine of sultan Sayf ad-Din Qa'itbay (r. 1468–1496), mother of sultan An-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qaitbay (r. 1496–1498), sister of sultan Abu Sa'id Qansuh (r. 1498–1500), and wife of sultan Al-Ashr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayf Ad-Din Qa'itbay
Sultan Abu Al-Nasr Sayf ad-Din Al-Ashraf Qaitbay (; 1416/14187 August 1496) was the eighteenth Burji dynasty, Burji Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo), Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from 872 to 901 Islamic calendar, A.H. (1468–1496 Common Era, C.E.). He was Circassians, Circassian by birth, and was purchased by the ninth sultan Barsbay (1422 to 1438 C.E.) before being freed by the eleventh Sultan Jaqmaq (1438 to 1453 C.E.). A pious Sultan, he stabilized the Mamluk state and economy, consolidated the northern boundaries of the Sultanate with the Ottoman Empire, engaged in trade with other contemporaneous polities. Founding numerous religious buildings and endowing them with hundreds of waqfs, Qaitbay emerged as a great patron of art and architecture. In fact, although Qaitbay fought sixteen military campaigns, he is best remembered for the spectacular building projects that he sponsored, leaving his mark as an architectural patron on Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem, Damascus, Aleppo, Alexandria, and ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
