Sanjar al-Khayyat Alam al-Din
سنجر الخياط علم الدين
1296 CE · 695 AH
Senior Mamluk emir Alam al-Din Sanjar al-Khayyat, governor of Cairo; died 695 AH (1296 CE), although the sources differ on the year of his death.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Commander · Official
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- CommanderTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
The great amir Alam al-Din Sinjar al-Masruri al-Salihi al-Hajib, known as al-Khayyat, a Mamluk amir who held Cairo 1.
Death
He died in 695 AH (1296 CE). The sources differ on the year of his death. The encyclopedia records the date as a commonly transmitted report, and the entry needs an additional source 1.
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.606
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islam.museum contributors. “Sanjar al-Khayyat Alam al-Din”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sinjar-al-khayyat-alam-al-din/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.