السلطان المنصور سيف الدين قلاوون

al-Sultan al-Mansur Sayf al-Din Qalawun. He was atabeg to al-Malik al-Adil Badr al-Din Salamish, who was seven years old, when his brother al-Malik al-Sa'id was deposed and sent to Karak. Salamish was then removed from the sultanate without dispute in Rajab 678 AH, and Qalawun took the sultanate and was titled al-Malik al-Mansur. ²

In 680 AH Tatar troops reached Syria; he went out to fight them, and victory went to the Muslims. In 688 AH he took Tripoli by the sword; it had been in Frankish hands since 503 AH. He died in Dhu al-Qa'da 689 AH, and his son al-Malik al-Ashraf Salah al-Din Khalil became sultan. ²