Tankiz | |||||
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Na'ib al-Saltana ("Viceroy") of Syria | |||||
Reign | 1312–1340 | ||||
Predecessor | Sayf al-Din Kipchak | ||||
Successor | Yalbugha al-Umari | ||||
Died | May 1340 Alexandria, Egypt | ||||
Burial | |||||
Spouse | Khawand Sutaytah bint Sayf al-Din Kawkabay al-Mansuri | ||||
Issue | Ali Muhammad Ahmad Qutlughmalik | ||||
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Dynasty | Bahri | ||||
Religion | Sunni 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]