At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Identifiers
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Overview
al-Sultan al-Mansur Sayf al-Din Qalawun. He was atabeg to al-Malik al-Adil Badr al-Din Salamish, who was seven years old, when his brother al-Malik al-Sa'id was deposed and sent to Karak. Salamish was then removed from the sultanate without dispute in Rajab 678 AH, and Qalawun took the sultanate and was titled al-Malik al-Mansur. 2
In 680 AH Tatar troops reached Syria; he went out to fight them, and victory went to the Muslims. In 688 AH he took Tripoli by the sword; it had been in Frankish hands since 503 AH. He died in Dhu al-Qa'da 689 AH, and his son al-Malik al-Ashraf Salah al-Din Khalil became sultan. 2
According to al-Maqrizi
Al-Maqrizi says that the Mansuri hospital and its complex were built on the site of the small western palace, and that inside the complex stands the Mansuri dome, in which the kings are buried. 3
He also says that al-Malik al-Mansur Qalawun began building the hospital, a madrasa and a mausoleum there, and that the works were overseen by the amir Ala' al-Din Sanjar al-Shuja'i, administrator of the realms. 4
He says that the al-Nasiriyya madrasa stands beside the minaret of the Mansuri dome. 5
Connections
- Fought by
- Abaga ibn Hulagu
- Parent of
- al-Malik al-Ashraf Salah al-Din Khalil ibn Qalawun· al-Malik al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun
- Participated in
- Qalawun Takes Tripoli by the Sword
People and things also explored
The killing of al-Malik al-Ashraf Khalil in 693 AH· 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· هولاكو خان· Uzbek Khan ibn Tughriljay
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 729-730
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.729-730
- 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.1061
- 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.1249
- 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.1062
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islam.museum contributors. “السلطان المنصور سيف الدين قلاوون”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/qalawun/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-24.