Al-Ashraf Khalil
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Al-Malik Al-Ashraf Salāh ad-Dīn Khalil ibn Qalawūn was the eighth Turkic Bahri Mamluk sultan, succeeding his father Qalawun. He served from 12 November 1290 until his assassination in December 1293. H
Coinage of al-Ashraf Khalil
An 1840 painting depicting the 1291 Siege of Acre
Remains of the Templar fortress of Atlit, the last Crusader outpost in Syria conquered by al-Ashraf Khalil's forces
Mausoleum of al-Ashraf Khalil in Cairo, built in 1288
Qalawun
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Qalāwūn aṣ-Ṣāliḥī was the seventh Turkic Bahri Mamluk sultan of Egypt; he ruled from 1279 to 1290. He was called al-Manṣūr Qalāwūn. After having risen in power in the Mamluk court and elite circles, Q
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…Qalawūn (Arabic: الملك الأشرف صلاح الدين خليل بن قلاوون; c. 1260s – 14 December 1293) was the eighth Turkic Bahri Mamluk sultan, succeeding his father Qalawun. He served from 12 November 1290 until his assassination in December 1293. He was well known for conquering the last of the Crusader states in Palestine…
For a time, Mamluk sultans after him received their coronation here.
The siege of Tripoli by the Mamluks of Qalawun in 1289.
The Qalawun complex (mausoleum-madrasa-maristan) on Muizz Street, Bayn al-Qasrayn, Egypt.