Al-Mu'ayyad Shihab al-Din Ahmad ( ar, المؤيد شهاب الدين أحمد بن اينال; 1430 – 28 January 1488) was the son of

Sayf ad-Din Inal Al-Malik al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Abu an-Nasr Inal al-'Ala'i az-Zahiri an-Nasiri al-Ajrud (better known as Sayf al-Din Inal also spelled Saif al-Din Aynal) (1381 – 26 February 1461) was the 13th Burji Mamluk sultan of Egypt, ruling between 1453– ...

, and a

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sultan of

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from 26 February to 28 June 1461.

Biography

Shihab al-Din Ahmad was born in

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to Sayf ad-Din Inal and Khawand Zaynab bint Khasbek. He was '' emir al-hajj'' ("commander of the

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o_Mecca.html" ;"title="Mecca.html" ;"title="o Mecca">o Mecca">Mecca.html" ;"title="o Mecca">o Mecca), before he was proclaimed sultan on 26 February 1461, after his father became ill. However, Ahmad ruled for four months before peacefully abdicating on 28 June as a result of pressure from an alliance of powerful ''mamluk'' factions opposed to his leadership, including the Zahiris, Ashrafis, Nasiris and his own Mu'ayyadis. They were led by Sayf ad-Din Khushqadam who became sultan in Ahmad's stead. Ahmad was imprisoned along with his brother Al-Nasri Mohammed in Alexandria, until he was released during the reign of Timurbugha in 1467. He was allowed to return to Cairo with his son Ali by Sultan

Qaitbay Sultan Abu Al-Nasr Sayf ad-Din Al-Ashraf Qaitbay ( ar, السلطان أبو النصر سيف الدين الأشرف قايتباي) (c. 1416/14187 August 1496) was the eighteenth Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from 872 to 901 A.H. (1468–14 ...

, when his mother became ill in 1479. He later returned to Alexandria and lived there until his death on 28 January 1488. His only known wife was the daughter of Süleyman Bey, ruler of the Dulkadirid. She had been previously married to Sultan

Sayf ad-Din Jaqmaq Sayf ad-Din Jaqmaq ( ar, الظاهر سيف الدين جقمق; 1373 – 13 February 1453) was the Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 9 September 1438 to 1 February 1453. Early life and career Jaqmaq was of Circassian descent. He was brought to Eg ...

. She died on 27 April 1460.

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* * Burji sultans 15th-century Mamluk sultans 1430 births 1488 deaths {{Egypt-bio-stub