The Victorious King Sword of the Temporal World and of the Faith Qutuz
Qutuz bust in Cairo
Sultan of Egypt
Reign
November 1259 – 24 October 1260
Predecessor
Al-Mansur Ali
Successor
Baibars
Sultan of Syria
Reign
September 1260 – 24 October 1260
Successor
Baibars
Born
2 November 1221 Khwarazmian Empire
Died
24 October 1260(1260-10-24) (aged 38) Salihiyah, Egypt
Burial
Cairo
Spouse
Gulńar
Names
al-Malik al-Muzaffar Saif ad-Din Qutuz
Religion
Islam
Saif ad-Din Qutuz (Arabic: سيف الدين قطز; died 24 October 1260), also romanized as Kutuz or Kotuz[1] and fully al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Sayf ad-Dīn Quṭuz (الملك المظفر سيف الدين قطز lit.'The Victorious King, Sword of the Faith Qutuz'), was a Turkic military leader and Mamluk Sultan of Egypt.[2][3][4] He reigned as Sultan for less than a year, from 1259 until his assassination in 1260, but served as the de facto ruler for two decades.
Sold into slavery in Egypt, he rose to become vice-sultan for more than 20 years, becoming the power behind the throne. He was prominent in defeating the Seventh Crusade, which invaded Egypt in 1249–1250. When Egypt was threatened by the Mongols in 1259, he took control of the military and deposed the reigning sultan, 15-year-old Sultan Al-Mansur Ali. The centers of Islamic power in Syria and Baghdad were conquered by the Mongols, and the center of the Islamic Empire moved to Egypt, which became their next target. Qutuz led an Egyptian Mamluk army north to confront the Mongols who had made a pact with Egypt's long-time enemy the Crusaders.
The Battle of Ain Jalut was fought on 3 September 1260 in southeastern Galilee, between the Egyptian Mamluk army and the Mongols. The Mongols were crushingly defeated by Qutuz's forces, in what has been considered a historical turning point. Qutuz was assassinated by a fellow Mamluk leader, Baibars, on the triumphant return journey to Cairo. Although Qutuz's reign was short, he is known as one of the most popular Mamluk sultans in the Islamic world and holds a high position in Islamic history. His name Qutuz means 'Vicious beast'. He received this name because he fought like a vicious beast against other slave children.[5]
ad-Din Qutuz (Arabic: سيف الدين قطز; died 24 October 1260), also romanized as Kutuz or Kotuz and fully al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Sayf ad-Dīn Quṭuz (الملك المظفر...
Damascus sometime later. Hulagu sent envoys to Cairo demanding Qutuz surrender Egypt, to which Qutuz responded by killing the envoys and displaying their heads...
Egypt and Syria, of Turkic Kipchak origin, in the Bahri dynasty, succeeding Qutuz. He was one of the commanders of the Egyptian forces that inflicted a defeat...
relied foremost on four Mamluks: Faris ad-Din Aktai, Baibars al-Bunduqdari, Qutuz and Bilban al-Rashidi. Aybak's formal rule ended after just five days. To...
threatening letter delivered by an envoy to the Mamluk Sultan Qutuz in Cairo demanding that Qutuz open his city or it would be destroyed like Baghdad. Then...
Cairo. There he was welcomed by Sultan Qutuz. After taking Damascus, Hulagu demanded that Qutuz surrender Egypt. Qutuz had Hulagu's envoys killed and, with...
1240–1249), usurping power from his successor in 1250. The Mamluks under Sultan Qutuz and Baybars routed the Mongols in 1260, halting their southward expansion...
at the battle, became the new Sultan after the assassination of Sultan Qutuz on the way home. In 1250 Baibars was one of the Mamluk commanders who defended...
While the first three Mamluk sultans, Aybak, his son al-Mansur Ali, and Qutuz, are generally considered part of the Bahri dynasty, they were not part...
Bakr ibn Ayyub (d. 615 AH) Al-Kamil (d. 635 AH) Al-Ashraf Musa (d. 635 AH) Qutuz (d. 658 AH) Al-Nasir ibn Qalawun (d. 741 AH) Emir Abdelkader al-Jazairi...
an invasion by the Mongols led to one of the competing Mamluk leaders, Qutuz, seizing the sultanate in 1259 and uniting with another faction led by Baibars...
to Qutuz in Cairo, demanding his surrender. The message that was brought was: From the King of Kings of the East and West, the Great Khan. To Qutuz the...
was succeeded by his 15-year-old son, al-Mansur Ali, while Saif ad-Din Qutuz held an influential position. Soon after al-Mansur Ali's ascendancy rumors...
Bakr ibn Ayyub (d. 615 AH) Al-Kamil (d. 635 AH) Al-Ashraf Musa (d. 635 AH) Qutuz (d. 658 AH) Al-Nasir ibn Qalawun (d. 741 AH) Emir Abdelkader al-Jazairi...
in 1259, but were driven off by the Mamluk commander and future sultan Qutuz at the Battle of Ain Jalut in 1260.[citation needed] The victory at Ain...
was assassinated in 1257 and was succeeded by Qutuz, who faced a growing danger from the Mongols. Qutuz defeated the army of Hulagu Khan at the Battle...
On his way back to Cairo after the Battle of Ain Jalut, Sultan of Egypt Qutuz was assassinated in El Salheya. The region also witnessed the Battle of...
whose rulers also took the title sultan. Notable Bahri sultans include Qutuz, who defeated the invading Mongol army of Hulagu at the Battle of Ain Jalut...
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