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al-Zahir Yalbay

السلطان الظاهر يلباي

Yalbay al-Mu'ayyadi — the fourteenth Circassian king, enthroned the day Khushqadam died (Sat 10 Rabi' I 872) and deposed by the amirs after two months minus four days, 'too weak to run the kingship' 1.

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Roles
sultan
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Egypt & Nile
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    Sunni (documented)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Summary

    Al-Malik al-Zahir Yalbay al-Mu'ayyadi took the sultanate on the day Khushqadam died — Saturday, 10 Rabi' I 872 — the fourteenth of the Circassian kings and their sons. He was too weak for managing the realm and executing affairs, so the emirs deposed him on Saturday, 7 Jumada I; his sultanate lasted two months less four days. 1

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    Khushqadam's death and the succession through Yalbay and Timurbugha to Qaytbay

    People and things also explored

    السلطان الظاهر خشقدم· السلطان الأشرف قايتباي· al-Zahir Timurbugha· Cairo· Khushqadam's death and the succession through Yalbay and Timurbugha to Qaytbay

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 315
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    islam.museum contributors. “al-Zahir Yalbay”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yalbay/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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    السلطان الظاهر خشقدم

    Circassian sultan invested by the caliph in 865; he confined the caliph to the citadel on Janim's approach and never let him return to his own dwelling.