- Faris ad-Din Aktai
Faris ad-Din Aktai al-Jemdar ( Arabic: فارس الدين أقطاى الجمدار ) (d.1254, Cairo)
Not to be confused with his namesake and contemporary the commander in chief Faris ad-Din Aktai al-Mostareb ( Arabic : فارس الدين أقطاى المستعرب )
Biography
Was an
Emir (prince) and the leader of theMamluk s of theBahri dynasty . When the Ayyobid Sultanas-Salih Ayyub died he was sent toHasankeyf to recall Turanshah, the son and heir of the dead sultan, to Egypt. During theBattle of al-Mansurah he was one of the Mamluk commanders who defeated the Frank forces led by the French king Louis IX.He was one of the Mamluks who collaborated in the murdering of Turanshah after the battle of al-Mansurah. During the era of SultanAybak , he led the Egyptian forces that defeated the army of the Ayyubid ruler of Syriaan-Nasir Yusuf in Gaza and, as a general, he played a crucial role in the final defeat of an-Nasir Yusuf in the battle of Kora.In 1252, together with "Faris ad-Din Aktai al-Mostareb", he suppressed a major rebellion led by "al-Sharif Hesn ad-Din Thalab" (Arabic: الشريف حصن الدين ثعلب) in middle and upper Egypt.In 1251 he conquered parts of Syria and in 1252 the port city ofAlexandria in northern Egypt became his own domain.Feeling that Aktai and his Mamluks were defying his authority and almost installed a state within his state, Aybak decided to kill him.In a conspiracy involving Aybak,
Qutuz and some Mamluks, Aktai was murdered in the sultan's fort and his Mamnluks, including his friend Baibars al-bunduqari, fled toSyria andal-Karak .ee also
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Bahri dynasty
*Mamluk
*Aybak
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