Tag: Mamluk state

Sultan Hassan | Sultan of Egypt | Mameluke Period An-Naser Badr al-Din Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Qalawun (1334/35–17 March 1361), better known as an-Naser Hassan, was the Mamluk sultan of Egypt, and the seventh son of an-Naser Muhammad Ibn Qalawun to hold office, reigning twice in 1347–1351 and 1354–1361. He assumed power after his brother Al-Muzaffar Zain Al-Din Haji Bin Al-Nasser Muhammad, and after him, his brother Al-Nasser Badr Al-Din assumed power for the second time. Birth and upbringing Sultan Hassan was born in the year 1335 AD and grew up in the house of a king and a sultan. His father, Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad Ibn Qalawun was the ruler of the brightest periods of the Mamluk state, in which the state reached the peak of its strength and glory. and God willing, the young newborn will witness six years of his father’s prosperous rule, as he died in the year 1340 AD. Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad Ibn Qalawun was succeeded by six of his sons, one of whom could hardly settle on the king until he is dismissed or killed and another took charge until it was the turn of Al-Nasser Hasan. So, he assumed the sultanate on 18th of December 1347 CE. a young boy who has no control over anything, little experience, and poor ability to confront princes and elders and manage matters. Co-regent The matter was being managed by the two princes, Manjik and his brother, "Bibgaars", and Sultan Hassan became like the one who was interdicted. unable to act, and fate wanted the second year of his rule to witness the emergence of an epidemic that intensified in Egypt and killed hundreds of thousands. Historians mention that he was dying in Egypt between ten thousand to fifteen thousand per day, and the pits were dug and