Al-Mansur Ali II, Sultan of Egypt

Egyptian Mamluk Sultan

Ali

Al-Malik al-Mansur

fals, issued under Al-Mansur Ali II

Sultan of Egypt
Reign| 15 March 1377 – May 1381
Predecessor| Al-Ashraf Sha'ban
Successor| As-Salih Hajji

Born| 1368
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate
Died| 19 May 1381 (age 13)
Issue| None
| Names

Al-Malik al-Mansur Ala' ad-Din Ali ibn Sha'ban ibn Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Qalawun
House| Qalawuni
Dynasty| Bahri
Father| Al-Ashraf Sha'ban
Religion| Islam

Al-Mansur Ala' ad-Din Ali ibn Sha'ban ibn Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Qalawun (1368 – 19 May 1381), better known as al-Mansur Ali II, was the Mamluk sultan reigning in 1377–1381. He was installed to the throne while a child by the senior Mamluk emirs after they had rebelled against and killed al-Mansur Ali's father, Sultan al-Ashraf Sha'ban (r. 1361–1377). Al-Mansur Ali was a figurehead, with real power being held by the senior emirs, most prominently Barquq. Al-Mansur Ali died about four years into his reign and was succeeded by his younger brother, as-Salih Hajji, although real power was still held by Barquq, who usurped the throne in 1382.

## Biography

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Al-Mansur Ali was born in Cairo in 1368.[1] His father was Sultan al-Ashraf Sha'ban (r. 1363–1377) and his mother was Khawand bint Manklibugha, the daughter of a Mamluk emir.[1] Al-Mansur Ali had seven brothers and half-brothers and six sisters and half-sisters. His brothers were Abu Bakr (d. 1400), Ahmad (d. before 1381), Ramadan (d. before 1381), Qasim (d. before 1381), Isma'il (d. 1395) and Hajji (d. 1412).[1] His sisters that were named in the Mamluk-era sources were Khadija (d. 1422/23) and Fatima (d. 1432).[1]

Al-Ashraf Sha'ban was killed in a mamluk revolt in March 1377 and the rebel Mamluk emirs installed al-Mansur Ali, then a young child, as sultan.[2] In the power struggle between the rebels, two relatively low-ranking emirs and mamluks of Emir Yalbugha al-Umari (d. 1366), Barquq and Baraka, became the regents of al-Mansur Ali. Barquq had taken part in the mamluk revolt against al-Ashraf Sha'ban,[3] and was formally appointed to the powerful post of atabeg al-asakir (commander in chief) by al-Mansur Ali in 1378.[3] Although sultans typically had access to the royal treasury, al-Mansur Ali's income was limited to a daily stipend.[4] Al-Mansur Ali died on 19 May 1381,[2] and were it not for the strong objections of the other senior emirs, Barquq would have assumed the sultanate and thereby bring an end to the Qalawunid dynasty that been in power since 1277.[3] Instead, al-Mansur Ali was succeeded by his younger brother, as-Salih Hajji, then nine years old.[3] Barquq remained the power behind the throne until he toppled as-Salih Hajji and usurped the sultanate in November 1382.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Bauden, Frédéric. "The Qalawunids: A Pedigree" (PDF). University of Chicago. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
2. ^ a b Poole, Edward Stanley; Lane-Poole, Stanley; Margoliouth, David Samuel (1911). "Egypt s.v. III. History (as Malik al-Manṣūr)" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 101.
3. ^ a b c d e Holt, Peter Malcolm (1986). The Age of the Crusades: The Near East from the Eleventh Century to 151. Addison Wesley Longman Limited. p. 127\. ISBN 9781317871521.
4. ^ Steenbergen, Jo Van (2006). Order Out of Chaos: Patronage, Conflict and Mamluk Socio-political Culture, 1341-1382. Brill. p. 33\. ISBN 9789004152618.

Regnal titles

Preceded by

Al-Ashraf Sha'ban

|  Mamluk Sultan
15 March 1377–19 May 1381  | Succeeded by

As-Salih Hajji

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Bahri dynasty|

* Rukn al-Din Baybars (1260–1277)
* Nasir al-Din Barakah (1277–1279)
* Badr al-Din Salamish (1279)
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* Sayf al-Din Sha'ban (1345–1346)
* Sayf al-Din Hajji (1346–1347)
* Badr al-Din Hasan (1347–1351)
* Salah al-Din Salih (1351–1354)
* Badr al-Din Hasan (1354–1361)
* Salah al-Din Muhammad (1361–1363)
* Zayn al-Din Sha'ban (1363–1377)
* Ala'a al-Din Ali (1377–1381)
* Salah al-Din Hajji (1381–1382)

Burji dynasty|

* Sayf al-Din Barquq (1382–1389)
* As-Salih Hajji (1389–1390)
* Sayf al-Din Barquq (1390–1399)
* Nasir al-Din Faraj (1399–1405)
* Izz al-Din Abd al-Aziz (1405)
* Nasir al-Din Faraj (1405–1412)
* Al-Musta'in Billah (1412)
* Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh (1412–1421)
* Al-Muzaffar Ahmad (1421)
* Sayf al-Din Tatar (1421)
* Al-Nasir al-Din Muhammad (1421–1422)
* Sayf al-Din Barsbay (1422–1438)
* Al-Aziz Jamal al-Din Yusuf (1438)
* Sayf al-Din Jaqmaq (1438–1453)
* Fakhr al-Din Uthman (1453)
* Sayf al-Din Inal (1453–1461)
* Shihab al-Din Ahmad (1461)
* Sayf al-Din Khushqadam (1461–1467)
* Sayf al-Din Bilbay (1467)
* Timurbugha (1467–1468)
* Sayf al-Din Qa'itbay (1468–1496)
* An-Nasir Muhammad (1496–1498)
* Abu Sa'id Qansuh (1498–1500)
* Al-Ashraf Janbalat (1500–1501)
* Sayf al-Din Tumanbay (1501)
* Qansuh al-Ghawri (1501–1516)
* Tumanbay II (1516–1517)

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