Sultan Qalawun

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Sultan Qalawun was a prominent 13th-century Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria known for consolidating Mamluk power and commissioning major architectural works in Cairo.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mamluk sultan ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
architecturalStylePatronized Mamluk architecture ⓘ
associatedCity Cairo ⓘ
associatedRegion Egypt ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
birthPlace Central Asia ⓘ
burialPlace Cairo ⓘ
capital Cairo ⓘ
child Al-Ashraf Khalil ⓘ
Al-Nasir Muhammad ⓘ
commissioned Qalawun complex in Bayn al-Qasrayn ⓘ
hospital in the Qalawun complex ⓘ
madrasa in the Qalawun complex ⓘ
mausoleum in the Qalawun complex ⓘ
conflict struggle against internal Mamluk factions ⓘ
wars against Crusader strongholds in the Levant ⓘ
countryRuled Egypt ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
deathDate 1290 ⓘ
deathPlace Cairo ⓘ
dynasty Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
dynastyBranch Bahri Mamluks ⓘ
era 13th century ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Turkic ⓘ
fullName Al-Malik al-Mansur Sayf al-Din Qalawun al-Alfi ⓘ
givenName Qalawun ⓘ
governmentType sultanate ⓘ
knownFor consolidating Mamluk power in Egypt and Syria ⓘ
defense of the Islamic world against Mongol threats ⓘ
major architectural patronage in Cairo ⓘ
military campaigns against Crusader states ⓘ
legacy establishing a powerful ruling lineage ⓘ
strengthening the Mamluk state ⓘ
militaryRank Mamluk emir before becoming sultan ⓘ
motherTongue likely Turkic ⓘ
notableWork Qalawun complex in Cairo ⓘ
politicalStatusBeforeRule regent of Egypt ⓘ
predecessor Al-Said Barakah ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
reignEnd 1290 ⓘ
reignStart 1279 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
seatOfPower Citadel of Cairo ⓘ
linked to: Cairo Citadel
socialOrigin Mamluk slave soldier ⓘ
successor Al-Ashraf Khalil ⓘ
title Al-Malik al-Mansur ⓘ
linked to: al-Malik al-Mansur

Sultan of Egypt and Syria ⓘ
usedLanguage Arabic ⓘ

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Margat → capturedBy → Sultan Qalawun ⓘ
Al-Nasir Muhammad → father → Sultan Qalawun ⓘ
Battle of Homs (1281) → commander → Sultan Qalawun ⓘ
Battle of Homs (1281) → opposedBy → Sultan Qalawun ⓘ
Qalawun → fullName → Al-Malik al-Mansur Sayf al-Din Qalawun ⓘ
linked to: Sultan Qalawun
Mansouri Great Mosque → namedAfter → Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun ⓘ
linked to: Sultan Qalawun
Mamluk sultans → notableRuler → al-Mansur Qalawun ⓘ
linked to: Sultan Qalawun
Sultan Qalawun Complex → builtBy → Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun ⓘ
linked to: Sultan Qalawun
Sultan Qalawun Complex → namedAfter → Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun ⓘ
linked to: Sultan Qalawun
Sultan Qalawun Complex → patron → Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun ⓘ
linked to: Sultan Qalawun
Al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun → father → Al-Malik al-Mansur Qalawun ⓘ
linked to: Sultan Qalawun
Qalawunid family → namedAfter → Sultan Qalawun ⓘ
Mamluk–Ilkhanid Wars → involvedCommander → Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun ⓘ
linked to: Sultan Qalawun
Sultan an-Nasir Muhammad → father → Sultan Qalawun ⓘ
Bahri Mamluks → notableRuler → al-Mansur Qalawun ⓘ
linked to: Sultan Qalawun
Margat Castle → capturedBy → Sultan Qalawun ⓘ
Mamluk–Crusader wars → keyCommander → Sultan Qalawun ⓘ
Al-Mansuri Hospital in Cairo → namedAfter → al-Mansur Qalawun ⓘ
linked to: Sultan Qalawun
Fall of Tripoli (1289) → commandedBy → Sultan Qalawun ⓘ