al-Mansur Uthman

Al-Mansur Uthman ( Arabic المنصور فخر الدين عثمان, DMG al-Manṣūr Faǧr ad-Dīn ʿUṯmān ; * 1435 ; † after 1453 ) was a Sultan of the Mamluks in Egypt from February 1 to March 16, 1453.

Life

The 18-year-old son of Sultan Jaqmaq , al-Mansur Uthman, was already proclaimed ruler when his eighty-year-old father was still struggling with death. Shortly after he came to power on February 1, 1453, there was a conflict between the Sultan and his Mamluks and the commanding Mamluks commander al-Ashraf Inal , which led to a revolt against the new Sultan. The insurgents marched against the Cairo Citadel , but the young al-Mansur Uthman refused to surrender. As a result, some of Inal's soldiers climbed the minarets of the Sultan Hasan Mosque at the foot of the Mukattam plateau and fired at the citadel directly opposite.

The Sultan withdrew to the royal stables above Rumayla Square in front of the Sultan Hasan Mosque, where fierce fighting broke out. Numerous Sultan Mamluk deserted to Inal, who also informed by the Abbasids - Caliph (1451-1455) received al-Qa'im consent to the dismissal of the young ruler. He intensified the siege of the citadel, whereupon the sultan made unsuccessful peace offers.

While the caliph and the Shāfi'ite chief Qādī again announced the ousting of al-Mansur Uthman on March 16, the fighting between the weaker and weaker Sultan's party and Inal's forces continued. Inal's soldiers set fire in several places on the wall of the nearby horse racing track, which partially destroyed it and Inal's troops were able to penetrate the lower area of ​​the citadel. The sultan fled up to the fortress. Inal took the royal stables, which ended the fighting and Inal was proclaimed the new sultan on March 19. With a duration of only one month and 16 days, it was the shortest reign of a Mamluk sultan of Egypt to date.

The deposed al-Mansur Uthman was first placed under guard with his mother in the harem of the Sultan's Palace and 12 days later brought to Alexandria , where he was imprisoned with his mother, his children and his slaves and only released again under Sultan Timurbugha .

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• Jörg-Dieter Brandes (1996): The Mameluks. The rise and fall of a slave despotism. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen, p. 235.
• Popper, William (1954): History of Egypt 1382–1469 AD Part VI, 1453–1461 AD Translated from the Arabic Annals of Abu l-Maḥasin Ibn Taghrī Birdī. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Pp. 1, 12, 14-24, 26f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Jaqmaq	Sultan of Egypt ( Burji Dynasty ) 1453	al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Inal