al-Malik al-Adil Salamish

الملك العادل سلامش بن بيبرس

c. 1270 CE · c. 670 AH – c. 1291 CE · 690 AH

Baybars's son — sultan for three months after al-Sa'id's deposition, then set aside; al-Ashraf Khalil shipped him and his brother al-Khidr to Constantinople, where he died at about twenty 1.

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sultan
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Egypt & Nile · Levant & Iraq
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    Overview

    Al-Malik al-'Adil Salamish, son of al-Zahir Baybars; they enthroned him on his brother al-Malik al-Sa'id's deposition, then removed him after three months and he lay obscure in Egypt — when al-Ashraf Khalil became sultan he took him, his brother al-Malik Khidr and their household and despatched them to Istanbul, land of the Ashkari, where he died at about twenty; handsome in face, slender of form, intelligent and shy. 1

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    Child of
    al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars
    Sibling of
    al-Malik al-Sa'id Baraka Khan

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    al-Malik al-Sa'id Baraka Khan· al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars· The battle of Ayn Jalut and the defeat of the Tatars· Baybars takes Jaffa, Beaufort and Antioch, 666· Baybars takes Caesarea and Arsuf, 663· Baybars raids Cilicia, 673· Death of al-Zahir Baybars, 676· Baybars takes Hisn al-Akrad and Akkar, 669

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 720
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    Baybars's son and heir at eighteen — 'fair, generous, sweet-natured, just and gentle'; deposed to Karak within months and dead suddenly there mid-Dhu al-Qa'da 678, carried a year and a half later into his father's turba; his brother Khidr followed.