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Sayf al-Din Jaqmaq

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Sayf al-Din jaqmaq
Gold dinar of Mamluk sultan Jaqmaq minted in Cairo between 1438 and 1440
Sultan of Egypt and Syria
Reign10 September 1438 – 1 February 1453
PredecessorAl-Aziz Jamal al-Din Yusuf
SuccessorAl-Mansur Fakhr al-Din Uthman
Born1373(1373)
Died13 February 1453(1453-02-13)(aged 79–80)
Spouse
  • Khawand Mughal
  • Khawand Shahzada
  • Khawand Zaynab
  • Khawand Nafisa
  • Khawand Jansuwar
  • Surbay
  • Jawhar al-Handar
  • Khawand Jolban
  • Dolaybay
  • Khawand Zahra
Issue

Sayf al-Din Jaqmaq(Arabic:الظاهر سيف الدين جقمق;1373 – 13 February 1453) was theMamluk sultan of Egyptfrom 9 September 1438 to 1 February 1453.[1][2]

Early life and career

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Jaqmaq was ofCircassiandescent. He was brought to Egypt by his older brother and sold toatabegInal Al-Yusufi during the reign of SultanBarquq.He later trained in theCairo Citadelto join theKhasikiya(Sultan's Guards). He then worked as acupbearerfor SultanAn-Nasir Faraj.[3]

Later on, he became theMamluk na'ib of Damascusduring the reign ofAl-Mu'ayyad Shaykhin 1418–1420, in which he builtKhan Jaqmaq.Then he becamena'ibof the Cairo Citadel under SultanSayf al-Din Tatar.Afterwards, he becameatabegunder SultanBarsbay,in which he led a campaign to repress the revolt ofBeylik of DulkadirinAnatolia.He earned Barsbay's trust to become the guardian of his sonAl-Aziz Jamal al-Din Yusuf.In 1438, Sultan Barsbay died and left the throne to his son Yusuf who was only fifteen years old. Jaqmaq organized a plot by which he ousted Yusuf to become the new sultan at age sixty five.[4]

Reign

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Afriezewith the coat of arms of Sultan Jaqmaq atLouvre.

Upon becoming the new sultan, a revolt erupted led by emir Korkmaz Al-Sha'abani. However, Jaqmaq distributed gold to both his supporters and those of Korkmaz, the latter found himself abandoned by all. Jaqmaq had him arrested and executed inAlexandria.[5]

Jaqmaq had later to face the uprising of the emirs of Syria. The governors of Damascus, Inal Al-Jakmi, and Aleppo, Tagri Barmash, rallied to Yusuf who managed to escape from Cairo. Yusuf was recaptured and Jaqmaq exiled him to Alexandria. Jaqmaq sent an army led by Akabgha Al-Tamrazi to fight the rebellious emirs who were eventually defeated and captured.[5]

Afterwards, Jaqmaq also had to deal with piracy from the ChristianKingdom of CyprusandHospitaller Rhodes.In 1439, Jaqmaq launched a campaign against these two islands but without much success. A second failure in 1442, encouraged him to build a fleet capable of leading a real assault againstRhodes.In July 1444, his fleet left fromEgyptto attackRhodeswhose villages were destroyed but the fortress resisted until the fleet commander finally abandoned the siege.[6]After that failure, Jaqmaq remained in peace with his neighbors.

Shahrukh Mirza,son and successor ofTimur,sent an embassy toCairo.He asked Jaqmaq for permission to provide theKiswahforKaaba.Jaqmaq initially refused and then accepted the offer despite public opposition. When Shah Rukh's ambassador arrived in Cairo with the Kiswah, she was received by throwing stones.[7]Jaqmaq repressed the revolt and allowed the ambassador to go toMecca.However, the Kiswah she brought only covered the Kaaba for one day.[8]

During that period, the real danger for the Mamluks was theOttoman Empire.On November 10, 1444, the Ottoman SultanMurad IIdefeated theCrusadersat theBattle of Varna.That victory gave Murad II great prestige in theMuslim world.[9]

In 1453, Jaqmaq, aged eighty years, died after appointing his sonFakhr al-Din Uthman,who was named after the Ottomans, as successor.[10]

Family

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Jaqmaq's first wife was Khawand Mughul. She was born in 1403.[11]She was the daughter of judge and confidencial secretary Nasir al-Din ibn al-Birizi,[12]and had been previously married thrice,[11]one of them being a judge.[12]Her second marriage had been arranged by Sultan Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh despite her father's objections.[13]She had a brother named Kamal al-Din Muhammad,[14]and a sister named Zaynab (died 10 July 1470).[15]Together they had a daughter, Khadijah (1433–34[16]– 30 January 1463[17]), who married Atabag Azbak on 13 March 1450.[18]Jaqmaq divorced her in September–October 1438,[18]acting on rumors that she had cursed his favorite slave girl Surbay and thus caused her death a month before.[19]She then moved from al-Qa'a al-Kubra to Qa'at al-Barbariyya before she left the citadel for her brother's house.[20]She died on 14 May 1472,[21]and was buried in the courtyard of themausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i.[12]

In December 1438, he married Khawand Zaynab, the daughter of Amir Jarbash al-Karimi.[18]Her mother was Fatima Umm Khawand[22](died 26 April 1487[23]), the daughter of Qani Bay,[24]son of SultanBarquq's sister.[25]She died in 1459,[18]and was buried in Sultan Barquq's madrasa in Bayn al-Qasrayn.[25]Another wife was Khawand Nafisa, also known as, Khawand at-Turkmaniya.[18]She was the daughter ofDulkadiridruler, Nasireddin Mehmed Bey,[7]and had been previously married to Janibek as-Sufi.[18]They married in 1440.[7]She had a daughter. She died of plague on 15 April 1449.[18]

Another wife was Khawand Jansuwar, the daughter of Giritbay, a Circassianamir.They married in December 1449–January 1450.[18]Another wife wasKhawand Shahzada.[18]She was the daughter of Ottoman Prince Orhan Çelebi, son ofSüleyman Çelebi,who was himself the son of SultanBayezid I.She had a younger brother named Süleyman Çelebi.[26]She had been previously married to SultanBarsbay.[27]The two together had four sons. All of them died of plague at Cairo on 26 March 1449. The eldest one named Ahmed being seven years old. Jaqmaq divorced her on 25 December 1450.[26]Another wife was the daughter of Naziru'l-Jaysh Kadi Abdulbasit. They married in April 1451.[18]Another wife was the daughter of Süleyman Bey, ruler of theDulkadirid.After Jaqmaq's death, she married SultanAl-Mu'ayyad Shihab al-Din Ahmad.She died on 27 April 1460.[28]

One of his concubines was Surbay. She was a Circassian, and was his favourite concubine. She died in 1438,[18]and was buried at the mausoleum of Qanibay al-Jarkasi.[29]Some other concubines were Jawhar al-Handar and Khawand Jolban. With one of these concubines, he had a son Muhammad and with the other, he had a daughter Fatima.[30]Another concubine was Dolaybay. Jaqmaq married her to the deputy of Damascus, Barquq. With him, she had one child, Alaybay.[30]His son Sultanal-Mansur Fakhr al-Din Uthmanwas born of a Greek concubine[30]named Khawand Zahra. She was buried in a madrasa built by her son at Bab al-Bahr.[29]He had another daughter, born of a Circassian concubine.[30]His son, Muhammad was married to Khadija, daughter of Aqtuwah, a Circassian, and a relative of SultanBarsbay.[28]Another daughter was Sitti Sara.[31]

See also

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References

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  30. ^abcdEkinci, Abdullah; Yavuz, Esra (2021-06-29)."Burcî Memlükleri Döneminde Cariyeler ve Aile Hayatında Etkileri".Atatürk Üniversitesi Kadın Araştırmaları Dergisi(in Turkish).3(1): 33–45.doi:10.51621/atakad.807533.S2CID234429319.Retrieved2021-11-30.
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