Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri

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Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri was the penultimate Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria, whose defeat by the Ottomans marked the beginning of the end for the Mamluk Sultanate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mamluk sultan
historical figure
ruler
built Al-Ghuri Complex in Cairo
linked to: Al-Ghuri Complex
burialPlace Cairo
burialSite Al-Ghuri Complex
capitalDuringReign Cairo
causeOfDeath killed in battle
conflict Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517)
countryRuled Egypt
Mamluk Sultanate
Syria
deathDate 1516
deathPlace Syria
near Aleppo
defeatBy Ottoman Empire
Selim I
dynasty Burji Mamluk dynasty
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
ethnicOrigin Circassian
fullName Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri
givenName Qansuh
governmentType sultanate
historicalPeriod late Mamluk period
historicalSignificance his defeat by the Ottomans marked the beginning of the end of the Mamluk Sultanate
knownFor conflict with the Ottoman Empire
final phase of Mamluk independence
militaryRank Mamluk emir
notableBattle Battle of Marj Dabiq
opponent Ottoman Empire
Sultan Selim I
linked to: Selim I
ordinalInOffice penultimate Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria
patronage patron of architecture
patron of religious endowments (waqf)
politicalStatus last effective Mamluk sultan of Egypt
positionHeld Mamluk sultan
Sultan of Egypt
Sultan of Syria
predecessor Al-Ashraf Janbalat
regnalName Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri
reignEnd 1516
reignEndDetail 1516 CE
reignStart 1501
reignStartDetail 1501 CE
religion Islam
ruledRegion Hejaz (indirectly)
linked to: Hejaz

Levant
linked to: Levant region
successor Al-Ashraf Tuman Bay II
title Al-Ashraf

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Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517) commander Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri
Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II predecessor Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri
Portuguese–Mamluk naval war participant Sultan Qansuh al-Ghawri
linked to: Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri
Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri fullName Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri
Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri regnalName Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri
Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri title Al-Ashraf
linked to: Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri
Tuman Bay II predecessor Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri
Battle of Marj Dabiq commander Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri
subject linked to: Marj Dabiq
Marj Dabiq associatedWith Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri
Qansuh al-Ghawri fullName Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri
Qansuh al-Ghawri regnalName Al-Ashraf
linked to: Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri