Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri | |
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Sultan of Egypt | |
Sultan of Egypt and Syria | |
Reign | 20 April 1501 – 24 August 1516 |
Predecessor | Tuman Bay I |
Successor | Tuman Bay II |
Born | c. 1441 Egypt |
Died | 24 August 1516 (aged 75–76) Dabiq, near Aleppo, Syria |
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Dynasty | Burji |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri (Arabic: الأشرف قانصوه الغوري) or Qansuh II al-Ghawri (c. 1441/1446 – 24 August 1516) was the second-to-last of the Mamluk Sultans.[1] One of the last and most powerful of the Burji dynasty, he reigned from 1501 to 1516.[2][3]