السلطان المظفر سيف الدين قطز المعزي
السلطان المظفر سيف الدين قطز المعزي
Aybak's mamluk and his boy's atabeg; when the Tatars stood at Amid and Ibn al-Adim begged aid, he seized the sultanate as al-Muzaffar — 'the time is hard; a brave man must stand for jihad' — broke the Tatars at Ayn Jalut, 15 Ramadan 658, and was killed by Baybars's party on 16 Dhu'l-Qa'da 1.
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- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
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Overview
Sayf al-Din Qutuz al-Mu'izzi, a mamluk of al-Mu'izz Aybak and atabeg of his son al-Malik al-Mansur Ali. al-Suyuti relates that when the Tatars camped at Amid in 657 AH and Ibn al-Adim asked for help, Qutuz gathered the emirs and notables, and Shaykh Izz al-Din ibn Abd al-Salam issued a ruling that it was obligatory to fight them, on conditions he set out 2.
He then took the sultanate and was titled al-Malik al-Muzaffar. He led the Egyptians into Syria and defeated the Tatars at Ayn Jalut on Friday, 25 Ramadan 658 AH. Baybars and a group of emirs killed him on the road on 16 Dhu al-Qa'da 2. See Baybars.
Connections
- Participated in
- وقعة عين جالوت وهزيمة التتار· قتل المظفر قطز وسلطنة بيبرس
People and things also explored
السلطان الظاهر ركن الدين بيبرس البندقداري· وقعة عين جالوت وهزيمة التتار· قتل المظفر قطز وسلطنة بيبرس
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 719-721
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p.719-721
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islam.museum contributors. “السلطان المظفر سيف الدين قطز المعزي”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/qutuz/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.