al-Malik al-Mansur Muhammad ibn Hajji

الملك المنصور محمد بن المظفر حاجي

c. 1347 CE · 748 AH – c. September 1398 CE · 9 Muharram 801 AH

Cairo

He succeeded his uncle al-Nasir Hasan in Jumada I 762, with Yalbugha directing his state; Yalbugha travelled with him to Syria when he was about fifteen. After his return his commands and prohibitions grew, so Yalbugha spread word that he was mad and deposed him in Sha'ban 764, after three years, two months and five days. He was confined in al-Hawsh, where the descendants of al-Malik al-Nasir were held, until he died on 9 Muharram 801. He left ten children, for whom al-Malik al-Zahir set stipends 1.

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Roles
sultan
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Egypt & Nile
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd Allah ibn Miqdad al-Aqfahsi · Abu al-Khayr al-'Ala'i al-Muqaddisi · Abu Tahir al-Khujandi of Medina · Ahmadi Taj al-Din Ibrahim ibn Khidr · Al-Abbi, Muhammad ibn Khalfa

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Cairo

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    Sunni (transmitted)

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    Al-Malik al-Mansur Hajji; he held the sultanate after his uncle al-Nasir Hasan in Jumada I 762 — Yalbugha steered his state and travelled with him to Syria, he being about fifteen; back from the journey his commands and prohibitions multiplied, so Yalbugha spread it that he was mad and deposed him in Sha'ban 764 after three years, two months and five days — he was held in the hawsh where al-Malik al-Nasir's offspring dwelt until he died on 9 Muharram 801, leaving ten sons for whom al-Malik al-Zahir fixed a stipend. 1

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    Al-Azhar Mosque· The Dar al-Hikma of Cairo· Baybars takes the sultanate, 658 AH· Capture of Cairo· death of Asad al-Dīn Shīrkūh — Saladin chosen vizier in his place· The great earthquake of Egypt, 608 AH· Egypt's famine and epidemic, 695· Four madhhab qadis appointed in Egypt, 663

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 18
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    islam.museum contributors. “al-Malik al-Mansur Muhammad ibn Hajji”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-malik-al-mansur-hajji/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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