Ali I.
Just ad-Din Ali ( Arabic المنصور نور الدين علي, DMG al-Manṣūr Nūr ad-Dīn ʿAlī ; † November 1259 ) was the second Mameluke sultan of Egypt since 1257 . His throne name was al-Malik al-Mansur .
Ali was a son of the first Mameluke sultan of Egypt, al-Mu'izz Aybak , who was murdered in 1257 after a palace revolt. The Mameluks then made Ali the new sultan, who, however, received no real power because he was still a young man. The court of Cairo was dominated by the Mamluk Mu'izzi regiment, which had once served as the Sultan Aybak's bodyguard. This troop was commanded by Saif ad-Din Qutuz , who had already assumed the position of vice sultan under Aybak.
When in November 1259 the news of the advance of the Mongols into Syria arrived in Cairo, Ali was dethroned by Qutuz, who now proclaimed himself sultan.
literature
- Robert Irwin: The Middle East in the Middle Ages. The early Mamluk Sultanates 1250-1382. Part 2, Routledge, London 1986.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Izz ad-Din Aybak |
Sultan of Egypt 1257–1259 |
Qutuz |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ali I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Only ad-Din Ali; al-Malik al-Mansur; المنصور نور الدين علي (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sultan of the Mamluks in Egypt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after November 1259 |