At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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In time
Overview
In 693 AH al-Malik al-Ashraf Salah al-Din Khalil ibn al-Mansur was killed by Amir Baydara, according to Ibn al-Imad. 1
The account
al-Ashraf sent the army with his vizier to Cairo and went out for hunting with his close companions. In the afternoon Amir Bindar came with a group of emirs and they killed the sultan, and they made Bindar sultan, with the title al-Malik al-Qahir. Then the Khassakiyya, led by Katbugha, met them, and Bindar was routed and killed, and al-Malik al-Nasir was installed. al-Shujai was confirmed as vizier. Then al-Shujai resolved to kill Katbugha, and he besieged him in the citadel, but some of the sultan's mamluks killed him, and people rejoiced at his death. 1
Connections
People and things also explored
السلطان المنصور سيف الدين قلاوون· al-Malik al-Ashraf Salah al-Din Khalil ibn Qalawun· al-Malik al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun· Lajin murdered; al-Nasir restored, 698· The arrest of al-Mustakfi and his exile to Qus· The fall of Qal'at al-Rum, 691· Uzbek Khan ibn Tughriljay· Cairo
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 422
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islam.museum contributors. “The killing of al-Malik al-Ashraf Khalil in 693 AH”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ashraf-khalil-murder-693/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.