For a time, Mamluk sultans after him received their coronation here.
Sultan of Egypt
Reign
November 1279 – 10 November 1290
Predecessor
Solamish
Successor
al-Ashraf Khalil
Born
c. 1222
Died
November 10, 1290 (aged 67–68) Cairo, Egypt
Burial
Qalawun complex
Consort
Fatima Khatun
Qutqutiya Khatun
Sitt Ashlun Khatun
Issue
As-Salih Ali
Al-Ashraf Khalil
An-Nasir Muhammad
Amir Ahmad
Ghaziya Khatun
Dar Mukhtar al-Jawhari
Dar Anbar al-Kamili
Royal name
الملك الْمَنْصُور سيف الدّين قَلَاوُونَ بن عبد الله الألفي العلائي الصَّالِحِي
House
Qalawunid dynasty
Dynasty
Bahri Mamluks
Religion
Sunni Islam
Qalāwūn aṣ-Ṣāliḥī (Arabic: قلاوون الصالحي, c. 1222 – November 10, 1290) was the seventh Turkic Bahri Mamluk Sultan of Egypt; he ruled from 1279 to 1290. He was called al-Manṣūr Qalāwūn (المنصور قلاوون, "Qalāwūn the Victorious").[1] 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 authority over the sultanate. He is the founder of the Qalawunid dynasty that ruled Egypt for over a century.
The current sultan, Barakah was exiled and rumored to have been poisoned by Qalawun. He would then wage war against the Crusaders, capturing lands held by the County of Tripoli, and later totally defeating them in 1289. Acre, a major Crusader stronghold was besieged by Qalawun but would only be taken by his son al-Ashraf Khalil as the former died before the siege was won in 1291. His son Khalil succeeded him as sultan.
^Rabbat, Nasser O. (2021). The Citadel of Cairo. Brill. p. 136. ISBN 978-90-04-49248-6. When Qalāwūn assumed the throne in 1280, he took the regnal title al-manṣūr (the victorious).
called al-Manṣūr Qalāwūn (المنصور قلاوون, "Qalāwūn the Victorious"). After having risen in power in the Mamluk court and elite circles, Qalawun eventually held...
The Qalawun complex (Arabic: مجمع قلاون) is a massive pious complex in Cairo, Egypt, built by Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun from 1284 to 1285. It is located...
the orders of Qalawun), and Khadir gained control of the castle. In 1286, Qalawun took it over directly. As his predecessor had, Qalawun entered into land...
By the end of the 13th century, through the efforts of sultans Baybars, Qalawun (r. 1279–1290) and al-Ashraf Khalil (r. 1290–1293), they conquered the...
power into Nubia for the first time, before his death in 1277. Sultan Qalawun defeated a rebellion in Syria that was led by Sunqur al-Ashqar in 1280...
favour and negotiation. In 1289 the County of Tripoli fell to Sultan Qalawun of the Muslim Mamluks of Cairo. The county was absorbed into Mamluk Egypt...
in 1279 C.E. or 678 A.H., during the reign of Mamluk Sultan Al Mansur Qalawun, the original structure was made out of wood and was colourless, painted...
sultan of Egypt, al-Mansur Qalawun who defeated the coalition at the Second Battle of Homs. To punish the Hospitallers, Qalawun decided to besiege Margat...
The Green Dome above the tomb was built by the Mamluk sultan Al Mansur Qalawun in the 13th century, although the green color was added in the 16th century...
placing a puppet on the Makurian throne. In the year 1287, Sultan el-Mansur Qalawun decided to invade the Kingdom of Makuria and annex it to the Egyptian Kingdom...
1299. Originally Greek, he was a mamluk of Qalawun and had participated in the assassination of Qalawun's son the Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil. He also tried...
in the Bayn al-Qasrayn area comprising the complex of Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun, the Madrasa of al-Nasir Muhammad, and the Madrasa of Sultan Barquq. Some...
taken by Qalawun. In the meantime, an emir named Sunqur al-Ashqar had tried to declare himself ruler of Damascus, but he was defeated by Qalawun on 21 June...
burial place of Muhammad's grandson, Husayn ibn Ali. Qalawun complex, contains the mausoleum of Qalawun in Cairo, Egypt. Jedars, thirteen ancient monumental...
mosques. The Muslim inhabitants fled for Damascus, where the Mamluk leader Qalawun assembled his forces. On 29 October 1281, the two armies met south of Homs...
Solamish, with Qalawun, one of the amirs who had forced Barakah to abdicate, as guardian. A few months later, Solamish was deposed by Qalawun, who took the...
endowment, a 13th-century governor of Egypt Al-Mansur Qalawun ordained a foundation for the Qalawun hospital that would contain a mosque and a chapel, separate...
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