Al-Muazzam Turanshah

Ghayath ad-Din Turanshah
Al-Malik al-Muazzam
Picture of the assassination of Turanşah
Sultan of Egypt
Reign22 November 1249 – 2 May 1250
PredecessorAs-Salih Ayyub
SuccessorShajar al-Durr
Emir of Damascus
Reign22 November 1249 – 2 May 1250
PredecessorAs-Salih Ayyub
SuccessorAn-Nasir Yusuf
Bornunknown
Died2 May 1250
Names
Al-Malik al-Muazzam Ghayath al-Din Turanshah
DynastyAyyubid dynasty
FatherAs-Salih Ayyub
ReligionIslam
14th century European depiction of the assassination of Turanshah

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.


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