Qaitbay
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thumb|Anonymous Venice|Venetian painting depicting the reception of Venetian ambassadors in [[Damascus. The wall in the background is decorated with Qaitbay's blazon.]] Sultan Abu Al-Nasr Sayf ad-Din Al-Ashraf Qaitbay (; 1416/14187 August 1496) ruled the Mamluk Sultanate from 1468 to 1496 (872 – 901 AH in the Islamic calendar).
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Qaitbay
- Royalty.image
- Mamluk Sultan Kayitbay by Florentine painter Cristofano dell'Altissimo Galleria degli Uffizi.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Mamluk Sultan Qaytbay ("Mag Caitbeivs Cairi Svltan") by Florentine painter Cristofano dell'Altissimo (16th century), Galleria degli Uffizi
- Royalty.succession
- Sultan of Egypt and Syria
- Royalty.reign
- 31 January 1468 – 7 August 1496
- Royalty.predecessor
- Timurbugha
- Royalty.successor
- an-Nasir Muhammad
- Royalty.birth_date
- c. 1416/1418
- Royalty.birth_place
- Circassia
- Royalty.death_date
- 7 August 1496 (aged 77–80)
- Royalty.religion
- Sunni Islam
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Egypt
- Place of birth
- Circassia
- Occupation
- politician
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- Mamluk Sultan Kayitbay by Florentine painter Cristofano dell'Altissimo Galleria degli Uffizi.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of death
- 1496-08-08
- date of birth
- 1416-00-00
- Commons category
- Qait Bay
- name in native language
- الاشرف قايتباى
- P13311
- Bill Tilden
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early life
- Accession
- Early reign
- Consolidation of power
- Ottoman-Mamluk war
- Final years
- Family
- Legacy
- Architectural patronage
- Qaitbay In Ethiopic Sources
- Notes
- References
- Sources
thumb|Anonymous Venice|Venetian painting depicting the reception of Venetian ambassadors in [[Damascus. The wall in the background is decorated with Qaitbay's blazon.]] Sultan Abu Al-Nasr Sayf ad-Din Al-Ashraf Qaitbay (; 1416/14187 August 1496) ruled the Mamluk Sultanate from 1468 to 1496 (872 – 901 AH in the Islamic calendar).
As the eighteenth Sultan of Egypt of the Burji dynasty, Qaitbay stabilized the Mamluk state and economy. He consolidated the northern boundaries of the Sultanate with the Ottoman Empire after a series of wars between 1485 and 1491, and engaged in trade with other contemporaneous polities.
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