Lajin
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thumb|200px|Dominion of Bahri Mamluks ( red ) Lajin (), full royal name al-Malik al-Mansur Hussam al-Din Lajin al-Mansuri (; d. January 16, 1299, Cairo) was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 1296 to 1299.
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Key facts
- Monarch.name
- Lajin
- Monarch.image
- Gold dinar of Lajin.jpg
- Monarch.caption
- Gold dinar of Lajin, minted in Cairo in 1297-99
- Monarch.succession
- Sultan of Egypt
- Monarch.reign
- 7 December 1296 – 16 January 1299
- Monarch.predecessor
- Al-Adil Kitbugha
- Monarch.successor
- An-Nasir Muhammad
- Monarch.birth_date
- unknown
- Monarch.death_date
- 16 January 1299
- Monarch.death_place
- Cairo
- Monarch.religion
- Sunni Islam
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
- Place of death
- Cairo
- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- Sultan of Egypt
- Native language
- Egyptian Arabic
- Family
- Bahri dynasty
- Image
- Gold dinar of Lajin.jpg
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- date of death
- 1299-01-16
- social classification
- slave
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thumb|200px|Dominion of Bahri Mamluks ( red ) Lajin (), full royal name al-Malik al-Mansur Hussam al-Din Lajin al-Mansuri (; d. January 16, 1299, Cairo) was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 1296 to 1299.
==Early career== Lajin was initially a mamluk of Al-Mansur Ali, then he was bought by Al-Mansur Qalawun, whom had him to marry his daughter. He was imprisoned by Sunqur al-Ashqar in Damascus, then he became the Mamluk na'ib of Damascus in 1280, when Sunqur was defeated. He was later sacked by Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil and sentenced to death, but emir Badr ad-Din Bidra Al-Mansuri sought mercy for him.
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