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Lajin's coup against al-Adil Kitbugha, 696

انقلاب لاجين على الملك العادل كتبغا سنة 696هـ

c. 1297 CE · 696 AH

In 696 al-Malik al-Adil Kitbugha set out for Egypt. When he reached al-Lajjun, Husam al-Din Lajin al-Mansuri fell upon Bayhas and Baktut al-Azraq, the two wings of their master al-Adil, and killed them. Al-Adil took fright and rode out secretly with four mamluks, making for Damascus, where he entered the citadel; it did him no good, and his rule came to an end. The Egyptians submitted to Husam al-Din, and no two of them disagreed over him; he was given the title al-Malik al-Mansur. Al-Adil was placed under restraint and lodged in the citadel of Salkhad, where he was content to remain 1.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
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Egypt & Nile · Levant & Iraq
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Lajin's coup against al-Malik al-ʿAdil Kitbugha in 696 AH

Al-Malik al-ʿAdil Kitbugha set out for Egypt. When he reached al-Lajjun, Husam al-Din Lajin al-Mansuri fell upon Bayhas and Baktut al-Azraq, the two wings of their master al-ʿAdil, and killed them 1.

Al-ʿAdil was afraid. He rode in secret with four mamluks and made for Damascus, entering the citadel, but this did not help him, and his rule ended. The Egyptians submitted to Husam al-Din, and no two of them disagreed about him. He took the title al-Malik al-Mansur. Al-ʿAdil was placed under guard and settled in the fortress of Salkhad, where he remained content 1.

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الملك المنصور لاجين

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Lajin murdered; al-Nasir restored, 698· الملك المنصور لاجين

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  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 758
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Lajin murdered; al-Nasir restored, 698

In 698 Qabjaq al-Mansuri, governor of Syria, Baktamur al-Silahdar and others of Mankutimur's faction grew uneasy, fearing that Mankutimur would strike at them. News had reached them of the Tatar ruler's conversion to Islam, so they resolved to march to him from Homs. Before long word came that Sultan Lajin and his deputy Mankutimur had been killed at the hands of Karaji al-Ashrafi and those who stood with him. Karaji had fallen upon Lajin with six men while he was playing chess after the evening prayer, and the Hanafi judge Husam al-Din witnessed seven swords come down on him. His deputy was then seized and executed the next day. Al-Malik al-Nasir was proclaimed and brought from al-Karak; he appointed Salar as deputy of the realm, and then Tughji and Karaji, the two Ashrafis, were killed. Al-Nasir rode out in the Caliph's robe of honour and investiture, and al-Afram was advanced to the governorship of Damascus in Jumada I.