Tuman Bay I
| Tuman Bay I | |
|---|---|
| Sultan of Egypt and Syria | |
| Reign | 25 January – 20 April 1501 |
| Predecessor | Abu al-Nasir Janbalat |
| Successor | Al-Ashraf Qansuh Al-Ghuri |
| Born | Around 1461 |
| Died | After 1501 |
| Spouse | Khawand Fatima[1] |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Al-Adil Sayf ad-Din Tuman Bay (Arabic: السلطان الملك العادل أبو النصر طومان باى الأشرفى قايتباى) was the twenty fifth Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from the Burji dynasty. He ruled for about one hundred days in 1501.
Tuman Bay I was about forty years old when he was selected as Sultan.[2] Although he was popular before becoming a Sultan, he soon lost that popularity due to his cruel measures, which was manifested in condemning one of the princes to death by hanging for alleged conspiracy.
He was overthrown and succeeded by Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri.
He was married to the Mamluk noblewoman Fāṭima bint ʿAlī ibn Khaṣṣbak (d. 1505), the rich widow of sultan Qaitbay (r. 1468-1497) and sister of Zaynab bint ʿAlī ibn Khaṣṣbakd, who was the widow of Sultan Sayf al-Din Inal (r. 1453-1461).[3]
Sources
- ^ D'hulster, Kristof; Steenbergen, Jo Van. "Family Matters: The Family-In-Law Impulse in Mamluk Marriage Policy". Annales Islamologiques. 47: 61–82. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
- ^ شفيق مهدى ( دكتور) : مماليك مصر و الشام, الدار العربية للموسوعات, بيروت 2008
- ^ Albrecht Fuess, “How to marry right: Searching for a royal spouse at the Mamluk court of Cairo in the fifteenth century”, DYNTRAN Working Papers, n° 21, online edition, February 2017, available at: http://dyntran.hypotheses.org/1761
