Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh
Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh (Arabic: المؤيد سيف الدين أبو النصر شيخ المحمودي; c. 1369 – 13 January 1421) was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 6 November 1412 to 13 January 1421.[1][2]
| Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh المؤيد سيف الدين أبو النصر شيخ المحمودي | |
|---|---|
 Gold dinar of Mamluk sultan Shaykh al-Mahmudi minted in Cairo between 1412 and 1421 | |
| Sultan of Egypt and Syria | |
| Reign | 6 November 1412 – 13 January 1421 |
| Predecessor | Abu’l-Faḍl Abbas Al-Musta'in Bi'llah |
| Successor | Al-Muzaffar Ahmad |
| Born | c. 1369 |
| Died | 13 January 1421 (aged 51–52) |
| Spouse |
|
| Issue |
|
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Family
Shaykh's first wife was Khawand Khadija, whom he married before his accession to the throne.[3] Another wife was Khawand Zaynab, the daughter of Sultan Barquq.[4][3] She died in February–March 1423,[4][5] and was buried in the mausoleum of her father.[5] Another wife was Khawand Sa'adat.[6] She was the daughter of Sirgitmish, and was the mother of his son Sultan Al-Muzaffar Ahmad.[3] After Shaykh's death, she married Sultan Sayf ad-Din Tatar. She died in 1430.[4] One of his concubines was Qutlubay, a Circassian. She was the mother of his son Sidi Ibrahim. After Shaykh's death she married Amir Inal al-Jakami.[7] Ibrahim married Satita, daughter of Sultan An-Nasir Faraj.[4] His only daughter was Khawand Asiya. She died in 1486.[8]
Architecture
He has built the Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad and Maristan of al-Mu'ayyad.
See also
References
- Poole, Edward Stanley; Lane-Poole, Stanley; Margoliouth, David Samuel (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 09 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 80–130, see page 102 para.
(7) Period of Burjī Mamelukes.....On the 23rd of May 1412...."
- Eduard von Zambaur (1980). معجم الأنساب والأسرات الحاكمة في التاريخ الإسلامي للمستشرق زامباور (in Arabic). Beirut: IslamKotob. p. 163.
- Akkuş Yiğit, Fatma (20 April 2016). "Memlûk Sarayında Tek Eşlilik ve Çok Eşlilik Üzerine Bir İnceleme" (PDF). Journal of International Social Research. The Journal of International Social Research. 9 (43): 560. doi:10.17719/jisr.20164317631. ISSN 1307-9581.
- D'hulster, Kristof; Steenbergen, Jo Van. "Family Matters: The Family-In-Law Impulse in Mamluk Marriage Policy". Annales Islamologiques. 47: 61–82. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- Karam, Amina (22 May 2019). "Women, Architecture and Representation in Mamluk Cairo". AUC DAR Home. p. 86. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- Taghrībirdī, A.M.Y.I.; Popper, W. (1954). History of Egypt, 1382-1469 A.D.: 1412-1422 A.D. History of Egypt, 1382-1469 A.D. University of California Press. p. 142.
- Taghrībirdī, A.M.Y.I.; Popper, W. (1976). History of Egypt, 1382-1469 A.D.: 1412-1422 A.D. History of Egypt, 1382-1469 A.D. AMS Press. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-404-58800-7.
- Ghersetti, A. (2016). Al-Suyūṭī, a Polymath of the Mamlūk Period: Proceedings of the themed day of the First Conference of the School of Mamlūk Studies (Ca' Foscari University, Venice, June 23, 2014). Islamic History and Civilization. Brill. p. 56. ISBN 978-90-04-33452-6.
.svg.png.webp)