Tankiz

Tankiz
Na'ib al-Saltana ("Viceroy") of Syria
Reign1312–1340
PredecessorSayf al-Din Kipchak
SuccessorYalbugha al-Umari
DiedMay 1340
Alexandria, Egypt
Burial
SpouseKhawand Sutaytah bint Sayf al-Din Kawkabay al-Mansuri
IssueAli
Muhammad
Ahmad
Qutlughmalik
Names
Sayf ad-Din Tankiz al-Husami an-Nasiri
DynastyBahri
ReligionSunni Islam

Sayf ad-Din Tankiz ibn Abdullah al-Husami an-Nasiri, better known simply as Tankiz (Arabic: تنكيز; died May 1340), was the Damascus-based Turkic na'ib al-saltana (viceroy) of Syria from 1312 to 1340 during the reign of the Bahri Mamluk sultan an-Nasir Muhammad.[1]

  1. ^ Flood 1997, p. 68.