Cairo Southern Cemetery Mausoleum of Jani Bek al-Zahiri Jaqmaq 1465 Laneway Gate

            Patron: Sayf al-Dīn Qarā Jānibak ibin ʿAbd Allāh al-Ẓāhirī Jàqmaq 1373-1453, a Circassian, Burji Mamluk sultan of Egypt & Syria (r.1438-1453). He was brought to Egypt by his older brother and sold to atabeg Inal al-Yusufi during the reign of Sultan Barquq (r.1382-1389 & 1390-1399). He later trained in the Cairo Citadel to join the khasikiya (the sultan's guards) and then worked as a cupbearer for Sultan an-Nasir Faraj (r.1399-1405 & 1406-1412). Later on, he became the Mamluk na'ib of Damascus (r.1418-1420) during the reign of al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh (r.1412-1421), then na'ib of the Cairo Citadel under Sultan Sayf al-Din Tatar (r.1421). Afterwards, he became atabeg under Sultan Barsbay (r.1422-1438) and was appointed guardian of Barsbay's son, al-Aziz Jamal al-Din Yusuf. who succeeded his father at the age of 15 years old. Jaqmaq ousted Yusuf to become the new sultan at age sixty five and appointed his son Fakhr al-Din Uthman (r.1453), as his successor.

Islamic Monument #171

Taken in: Egypt / Cairo / Masākin ‘Arab al Yasār (show map)

Taken on: July 29, 2022

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