Al-Nasir Muhammad

This article is about the Mamluk sultan. For the Zaidi imam of Yemen, see An-Nasir Muhammad (Zaidi imam). For the Burji Mamluk sultan, see An-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qaitbay.
Al-Nasir Muhammad
الناصر محمد
Al-Nasir Muhammad copper fals, 1310–1341. British Museum
Sultan of Egypt
(First reign)
ReignDecember 1293 – December 1294
PredecessorAl-Ashraf Khalil
SuccessorKitbugha
RegentKitbugha
Second reign
Reign16 January 1299 – March 1309
PredecessorLajin
SuccessorBaybars II
RegentBaybars II and Sayf al-Din Salar
Third reign
Reign5 March 1310 – 7 June 1341
PredecessorBaybars II
SuccessorSaif ad-Din Abu-Bakr
Born16 Muḥarram 684/24 March 1285
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate
Died21 Dhū al-Ḥijja 741/7 June 1341 (age 56)[1]
Consorts
  • Khawand Ardukin
  • Tulunbay
  • Khawand Toghay
  • Qutlughmalik
  • Khawand Zadu
  • Narjis
  • Ardu
  • Bayad
  • Kuda
Issue
Names
Al-Malik an-Nasir Nasir ad-Din Abu'l Ma'ali Muhammad ibn Qalawun
HouseQalawuni
DynastyBahri
FatherQalawun
MotherAshlūn bint Shaktāy
ReligionSunni Islam

Al-Malik an-Nasir Nasir ad-Din Muhammad ibn Qalawun (Arabic: الملك الناصر ناصر الدين محمد بن قلاوون), commonly known as an-Nasir Muhammad (Arabic: الناصر محمد), or by his kunya: Abu al-Ma'ali (أبو المعالي) or as Ibn Qalawun (1285–1341) was the ninth Mamluk sultan of the Bahri dynasty who ruled Egypt between 1293–1294, 1299–1309, and 1310 until his death in 1341. During his first reign he was dominated by Kitbugha and al-Shuja‘i, while during his second reign he was dominated by Baibars and Salar. Not wanting to be dominated or deprived of his full rights as a sultan by his third reign, an-Nasir executed Baibars[2] and accepted the resignation of Salar as vice Sultan.

An-Nasir was known to appoint non-Mamluks loyal to himself to senior military positions and remove capable officers of their duty whose loyalty he doubted.[3] He however annulled taxes and surcharges that were imposed on commoners for the benefit of the emirs and officials. He employed Emir Ibn al-Waziri, a man who was known to be tough on corruption, as the head of the Court of Justice.

  1. ^ "al-Nāṣir Muḥammad ibn Qalāwūn".
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Fukuyama, Francis (2011). The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution. Profile Books. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-84765-281-2.