Al-Ashraf Khalil, Mamluk sultan of Egypt

Al-Ashraf Khalil

Sultan of Egypt and Syria (r. 1290–1293)

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. He was well known for conquering the last of the Crusader states in Palestine…