Solamish

Badr al-Din Solamish
al-Malik al-Adil
Egypt in red during Solamish´s rule.
Sultan of Egypt
ReignAugust 1279 – November 1279
PredecessorAl-Said Barakah
SuccessorAl-Mansur Qalawun
RegentAl-Mansur Qalawun
Born1272
Cairo, Egypt
Died1291 (aged 18–19)
Constantinople
Royal nameal-Malik al-Adil Badr al-Din Solamish (Arabic: الملك العادل بدر الدين سُلامش)
HouseZahiri
DynastyBahri
Fatheral-Zahir Baibars al-Bunduqdari
ReligionIslam

Badr al-Din Solamish[1] (1272–1291; Arabic: بدر الدين سُلامش, royal name: al-Malik al-Adil Badr al-Din Solamish (Arabic: الملك العادل بدر الدين سُلامش)) was a Sultan of Egypt in 1279. Born in Cairo, he was the son of Baybars, a military leader and sultan of Egypt.

Upon Baibars' death, his son al-Said Barakah took power, but as he was replacing his father's amirs with his own, three of the more powerful ones banded together and forced Barakah to abdicate after only two years. Barakah was replaced by the seven-year-old Solamish, with Qalawun, one of the amirs who had forced Barakah to abdicate, as guardian. A few months later, Solamish was deposed by Qalawun, who took the title of sultan for himself.

He died at Constantinople in 1291.

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