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Al-Mansur Qalawun ( ar, قلاوون الصالحي, – November 10, 1290) was the seventh Bahri Mamluk sultan; he ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1290. He was called (, "Qalāwūn the Victorious"). Biography and rise to power Qalawun was a Kipchak, ancient Turk ...

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Bahri Bahri ( ar, بحري) is a masculine Arabic given name, Bahri is also a surname in Punjabi Khatri families of India. Given name * Huseyin Bahri Alptekin (1957-2007), Turkish artist * Bahri Tanrıkulu (born 1980), Turkish taekwondo athlete Surnam ...

, father = al-Zahir Baibars al-Bunduqdari , mother = , birth_date = 1272 , birth_place =

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Badr al-Din Solamish Sülemiş in Turkish (1272–1291; ar, بدر الدين سُلامش, royal name: al-Malik al-Adil Badr al-Din Solamish ( ar, الملك العادل بدر الدين سُلامش)) was a

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in 1279. Born in

, he was the son of

Baibars Al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari ( ar, الملك الظاهر ركن الدين بيبرس البندقداري, ''al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Rukn al-Dīn Baybars al-Bunduqdārī'') (1223/1228 – 1 July 1277), of Turkic Kipchak ...

, a sultan of Kipchak origin. Upon Baibars' death, his son al-Said Barakah took power, but as he was replacing his father's amirs with his own, three of the more powerful ones banded together and forced Barakah to abdicate after only two years. Barakah was replaced by the seven-year-old Solamish, with

Qalawun ( ar, قلاوون الصالحي, – November 10, 1290) was the seventh Bahri Mamluk sultan; he ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1290. He was called (, "Qalāwūn the Victorious"). Biography and rise to power Qalawun was a Kipchak, ancient Turki ...

, one of the amirs who had forced Barakah to abdicate, as guardian. A few months later, Solamish was deposed by Qalawun, who took the title of sultan for himself. He died at

in 1291.

References

* Reuven Amitai-Preiss (1995), ''Mongols and Mamluks: The Mamluk-Īlkhānid War, 1260-1281'', pp. 179-225. Cambridge University Press, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Solamish 1272 births 1291 deaths Royalty from Cairo Bahri sultans Rulers deposed as children Medieval child rulers 13th-century Mamluk sultans People of Cuman descent