At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Review
- Completeness 3/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Izz al-Din Aybak al-Turkmani, whose title was al-Malik al-Mu'izz, deputy of Shajar al-Durr and then sultan of Egypt. According to al-Suyuti he became independent in the sultanate in Rabi' al-Akhir 648 AH. 2
Rule
He then had the soldiers swear allegiance to al-Malik al-Ashraf, who was eight years old, and Aybak remained his atabeg. He then abolished the child's name in 652 AH and became independent. Shajar al-Durr, his wife, killed him in 655 AH. 2
According to al-Maqrizi
Al-Maqrizi says that Aybak al-Turkmani was the first of the Mamluks to rule the kingdom of Egypt, and that he became independent in 650 AH. This is two years later than al-Suyuti's date for his independence 3.
He says that Aqtay al-Jamdar, one of the senior Bahri emirs, rivalled him and sent to him to leave the Citadel and hand it over 3.
He says that the Bahri Mamluks stayed in Syria after Aybak was killed, until they returned to Egypt in the days of Qutuz 4.
Connections
- Parent of
- al-Malik al-Mansur Ali b. Aybak
- Predecessor of
- al-Malik al-Mansur Ali b. Aybak
- Participated in
- Shajar al-Durr's killing of her husband Izz al-Din Aybak· The Murder of Turanshah and the Sultanate of Shajar al-Durr
People and things also explored
شجر الدر سلطانة مصر· Shajar al-Durr's killing of her husband Izz al-Din Aybak· al-Malik al-Mansur Ali b. Aybak· توران شاه الملك المعظم بن الملك الصالح· The Murder of Turanshah and the Sultanate of Shajar al-Durr
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 709-710
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.709-710
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1080
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1081
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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islam.museum contributors. “عز الدين أيبك التركماني الملك المعز”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/izz-al-din-aybak/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-24.