قتل الملك الأشرف خليل سنة 693هـ
قتل الملك الأشرف خليل سنة 693هـ
c. 1293 CE · 693 AH
In 693 the amir Baydara murdered al-Ashraf Salah al-Din Khalil as he sat alone after the hunt, was enthroned as al-Malik al-Qahir, then the Khasakiyya under Kitbugha routed and killed him and restored al-Nasir Muhammad; the vizier Ibn al-Sal'us was seized and stripped — warned in verse 'beware the bite of al-Shuja'i', he died of it — and when al-Shuja'i besieged Kitbugha in the Citadel the sultan's mamluks killed him and paraded him through the town to public joy 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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In time
Overview
In 693 AH al-Malik al-Ashraf Salah al-Din Khalil ibn al-Mansur was killed by Amir Baydara, according to Ibn al-Imad. 1
The account
al-Ashraf sent the army with his vizier to Cairo and went out for hunting with his close companions. In the afternoon Amir Bindar came with a group of emirs and they killed the sultan, and they made Bindar sultan, with the title al-Malik al-Qahir. Then the Khassakiyya, led by Katbugha, met them, and Bindar was routed and killed, and al-Malik al-Nasir was installed. al-Shujai was confirmed as vizier. Then al-Shujai resolved to kill Katbugha, and he besieged him in the citadel, but some of the sultan's mamluks killed him, and people rejoiced at his death. 1
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 422
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islam.museum contributors. “قتل الملك الأشرف خليل سنة 693هـ”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ashraf-khalil-murder-693/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.