At a glance
- Roles
- sultan
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Turanshah, al-Malik al-Mu'azzam, son of al-Malik al-Salih Ayyub. al-Suyuti reports that his mother Shajar al-Durr summoned him to take the rule of Egypt when his father died in the year 647 AH, and he came 3.
Then his father's mamluks rose against him and killed him in Muharram of the year 648 AH 3.
Connections
- Child of
- al-Malik al-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub ibn al-Kamil
- Successor of
- al-Malik al-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub ibn al-Kamil
- Participated in
- The Murder of Turanshah and the Sultanate of Shajar al-Durr
People and things also explored
Battle of Mansura, 647· The Fall of Damietta to the Franks, 647 AH· Al-Salih Isma'il takes Damascus and al-Salih Ayyub takes Egypt in 637· al-Malik al-Kamil Muhammad ibn al-Adil ibn Ayyub· al-Malik al-Mughith Umar b. al-Salih Ayyub· عز الدين أيبك التركماني الملك المعز· شجر الدر سلطانة مصر· The Murder of Turanshah and the Sultanate of Shajar al-Durr
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 709
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 248-249
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.709
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “توران شاه الملك المعظم بن الملك الصالح”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/turanshah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-18.