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    Sayf ad-Din Qawsun ibn Abdullah an-Nasiri as-Saqi (1302 – April 1342), commonly known as Qawsun (also spelled Qausun or Qusun) was a prominent Mamluk...
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    The Wikala of Qawsun (Egyptian Arabic: وكالة قوصون) or Khan of the prince (Egyptian Arabic: خان الأمير, romanized: Khan al-Amir). It was established by...
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  • senior emir, Qawsun. Abu Bakr was imprisoned in the Upper Egyptian city of Qus, along with many of his brothers, and executed on Qawsun's orders two months...
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  • power was held by his regent Emir Qawsun, a senior aid to Kujuk's father Sultan an-Nasir Muhammad (r. 1310–41). When Qawsun was ousted in a mamluk revolt...
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    The Mausoleum of Amir Qawsun or Khanqah–Mausoleum of Amir Qawsun is a historic architectural complex in the Southern Cemetery of Cairo, Egypt. It was built...
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  • sympathetic emirs in Egypt were able to oust the Mamluk strongman Emir Qawsun and his puppet sultan, the five-year-old half-brother of al-Nasir Ahmad...
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    Palace of Yashbak, also known as the Palace of Amir Qawsun, is a semi-ruined palace in Medieval Cairo, Egypt, originally built between 1330 and 1337 CE...
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  • Sha'ban. The revolt was also supported by Emir Khalil ibn Qawsun, the son of former regent Emir Qawsun (d. 1342). Khalil had been promised the throne by Asandamur...
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    al-Nasir Muhammad designated as successor. Al-Nasir Muhammad's senior aide, Qawsun, held real power and imprisoned and executed Abu Bakr and had al-Nasir Muhammad's...
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    Ottoman-era monuments such as the Sultaniyya Mausoleum and the Mausoleum of Amir Qawsun. To the south is the Imam al-Shafi'i neighbourhood, an important area that...
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