Lajin
Lajin | |
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![]() Gold dinar of Lajin, minted in Cairo in 1297-99 | |
Sultan of Egypt and Syria | |
Reign | 7 December 1296 – 16 January 1299 |
Predecessor | Al-Adil Kitbugha |
Successor | An-Nasir Muhammad |
Born | unknown |
Died | 16 January 1299 |
Dominion of Bahri Mamluks ( red )
Lachin (Arabic: لاجين), full royal name al-Malik al-Mansour Hossam ad-Din Lachin al-Mansuri (الملك المنصور حسام الدين لاجين المنصورى; d. January 16, 1299, Cairo) was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 1296 to 1299. He was a mamluk of Al-Mansur Qalawun, he participated in the assassination of Qalawun's son the Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil, he tried assassinating the Sultan Al-Adil Kitbugha but failed, Kitbugha, fearing for his life, sent to him afterwards that he is ready to remove himself from the Sultanate for him to be the Sultan instead, Lajin agreed and became Sultan under the title Al-Mansur Hussam ud-din, while Kitbugha was givin a fief in the Levant.
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