Ghayath ad-Din Turanshah | |||||
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Al-Malik al-Muazzam | |||||
Sultan of Egypt | |||||
Reign | 22 November 1249 – 2 May 1250 | ||||
Predecessor | As-Salih Ayyub | ||||
Successor | Shajar al-Durr | ||||
Emir of Damascus | |||||
Reign | 22 November 1249 – 2 May 1250 | ||||
Predecessor | As-Salih Ayyub | ||||
Successor | An-Nasir Yusuf | ||||
Born | unknown | ||||
Died | 2 May 1250 | ||||
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Dynasty | Ayyubid dynasty | ||||
Father | As-Salih Ayyub | ||||
Religion | Islam |
Turanshah, also Turan Shah (Arabic: توران شاه), (? – 2 May 1250), (epithet: al-Malik al-Muazzam Ghayath al-Din Turanshah (Arabic: الملك المعظم غياث الدين توران شاه)) was a Kurdish ruler of Egypt, a son of Sultan As-Salih Ayyub. A member of the Ayyubid Dynasty, he became Sultan of Egypt for a brief period in 1249–50.