Al-Mansur Qalawun, Sultan of Egypt (born c. 1222)

Qalawun

Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria (r.1279–1290)

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, Qalawun eventually held the title of "the victorious king" and gained de facto…