Arrest of Circassian mamlūks

Event
Arrest of Circassian mamlūks
Type
arrest
Period
4.1b
Group
Beginning of the Fitna of Barqūq against Minṭāsh
Date
0792-01-08
Location
Cairo / Egypt
Summary
791 AH, 21/11
Another order which he issued was that a search for Circassian mamlūks should be prosecuted; accordingly, Ḥusayn ibn al-Kūrānī undertook the search for them, and seized them wherever he could find them.

792 AH, before 08/01
“Before Minṭāsh had departed from Cairo he had ordered Ḥusayn ibn al-Kūrānī to keep careful guard over those connected with the household of al-Ẓāhir Barqūq, and Ibn al-Kūrānī had done his utmost to satisfy Minṭāsh.”
Id
https://ihodp.ugent.be/mpp/event-arrest-of-circassian-mamlūks

Versions (2)

Date Location Region Sources Extra
0791-11-21 exactly Undefined - Undefined -
0792-01-08 before Cairo Egypt Cairo Egypt

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Sources (2)

Catalog Catalog Source Extra
Ibn Taghrī Birdī, Nujūm (P) Ibn Taghrī Birdī, Nujūm (P) 5: 487, 9-10 Ibn Taghri Birdi, Nujum (P) Ibn Taghri Birdi, Nujum (P)
Ibn Taghrī Birdī, Nujūm (P) Ibn Taghrī Birdī, Nujūm (P) 5: 492, 1-16 Ibn Taghri Birdi, Nujum (P) Ibn Taghri Birdi, Nujum (P)

Institutions (3)

Institution (via institution properties) Extra
ʾatābak ʿasākir (al-Qāhira/Cairo) `atabak 'asakir (al-Qahira/Cairo)
mamālīk mamalik
unknown unknown

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