Timurbugha
{{Short description|Sultan of Egypt and Syria (r. 5 dec 1467–30 Jan 1468)}}
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| name = Timurbugha
| title = al-Malik al-Zāhir
| full name = Sultan, al-Malik al-Zāhir Timurbugha
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| succession = Sultan of Egypt and Syria
| reign = 5 December 1467 – 30 January 1468
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| predecessor = Sayf ad-Din Bilbay
| successor = Qaitbay
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| birth_date = Unknown
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| death_date = 1475
| death_place = Damietta
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Al-Malik al-Zahir Timurbugha al-Rumi (died 1475) was the seventeenth Burji Sultan of Mamluk Egypt, briefly ruling from late 1467 to early 1468 when he was deposed.{{sfn|Schultz|2017|page=251}}{{cite book |last1=Morby |first1=John E. |editor1-last=Rozier |editor1-first=Charlie |title=Dynasties of the World (Oxford Quick Reference) |date=2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=1–625 |edition=2}} He used the title of al-Malik al-Zāhir.{{sfn|Schultz|2017|page=258}}
Biography
Timurbugha was of Greek{{cite book | author=Abdul Ali | title=Islamic dynasties of the Arab East : state and civilization during the later medieval times | publisher=M D Publications Pvt Ltd | publication-place=New Delhi | date=1996 | isbn=81-7533-008-2 | oclc=36151450 | page = 64}} or Albanian descent.{{sfn|Natho|2009|p=220}} He was brought in {{circa|1421}} by a merchant to Shahin Al-Zardakash, na'ib of Tripoli, then he was taken to Sayf ad-Din Jaqmaq. He then became a Hazinedar during the reign of the latter in {{circa|1442}}.{{sfn|Natho|2009|p=220}} He later led the defence against the Mamluks of Sayf ad-Din Inal who managed eventually to depose Al-Mansur Fakhr-ad-Din Uthman. Later on, he was imprisoned in Alexandria for five years, then in Nimrod Castle for six years. In {{circa|1458}}, he was released by Inal to accompany the pilgrims to Mecca.
In {{circa|1461}}, he returned to Cairo during the reign of Khushqadam, in which he held several positions until the sultan's death. Sayf ad-Din Bilbay had ruled briefly in late 1467, before Timurbugha became the new sultan on 5 December 1467.{{sfn|Natho|2009|p=219}} Timurbugha was well educated and excelled in law, history, literature and poetry. During his reign, political prisoners were released from Alexandria, including Al-Mu'ayyad Shihab al-Din Ahmad.{{sfn|Natho|2009|p=219}}
However, his reign lasted less than two months, as he was dethroned in a palace coup on 30 January 1468.{{sfn|Petry|1993|p=22}} Qaitbay, atabak appointed by Timurbugha, managed to defeat the rebels led by Khairbek and free Timurbugha who later retired in Damietta until his death in 1475.{{sfn|Natho|2009|p=220}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book|last=Natho|first=Kadir I.|title=Circassian History|year=2009|publisher=Xlibris Corporation |isbn=9781465316998}}
- {{cite book|last=Petry|first=C.F.|title=Twilight of majesty: the reigns of the Mamlūk Sultans al-Ashrāf Qāytbāy and Qānṣūh al-Ghawrī in Egypt|location=Seattle|year=1993}}
- {{cite book|last=Schultz|first=Warren C.|chapter=Mamluk Coins, Mamluk Politics and the Limits of the Numismatic Evidence|title=Developing Perspectives in Mamluk History: Essays in Honor of Amalia Levanoni|publisher=BRILL|year=2017|isbn=978-9004340466| editor-given1 = Yuval | editor-surname1 = Ben-Bassat }}
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