Al-Muzaffar Ahmad

Al-Muzaffar Ahmad (Arabic: المظفر أحمد بن الشيخ; 27 May 1419 – 1430) was the son of Shaykh al-Mahmudi, and a Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 13 January to 29 August 1421.^[1][2]

Al-Muzaffar Ahmad
Sultan of Egypt and Syria
Reign	13 January 1421 – 29 August 1421
Predecessor	Shaykh al-Mahmudi
Successor	Sayf ad-Din Tatar
Born	(1419-05-27)27 May 1419 Cairo
Died	1430(1430-00-00) (aged 10–11) Alexandria
Father	Shaykh al-Mahmudi
Mother	Khawand Sa'adat

Biography

Al-Muzaffar Ahmad became sultan at 18 months old upon his father's death on January 13, 1421. Emir Sayf al-Din Tatar swiftly consolidated power and eventually dethroned the young sultan on August 29, 1421, marrying his mother, Princess Sa'adat, before divorcing her. Al-Muzaffar Ahmad and his brother Ibrahim were imprisoned in Alexandria, where they both died of the plague. They were initially buried in Alexandria but later moved to Cairo's tomb complex of their father.^[3]

References

1. Margoliouth, David Samuel (1911). "Egypt/3 History" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 80–130, see page 102. ...(January 13th, 1421), and another infant son, Aḥmad, was proclaimed with the title Malik al-Moẓaffar, the proclamation being followed by the usual dissensions between the amirs, ending with the assumption of supreme power by the amir Tatar, who, after defeating his rivals, on the 29th of August 1421 had himself proclaimed sultan with the title Malik al-Ẓāhir
2. Eduard von Zambaur (1980). معجم الأنساب والأسرات الحاكمة في التاريخ الإسلامي للمستشرق زامباور (in Arabic). Beirut: IslamKotob. p. 163.
3. Ibn Taghribirdi 1929, p. 198.

Sources

• Ibn Taghribirdi (1929). Al-Nujūm al-Zāhirah fī Mulūk Miṣr wa-al-Qāhirah (in Arabic). Vol. 14. Egyptian Dar al-Kutub Press in Cairo.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Shaykh al-Mahmudi	Mamluk Sultan of Egypt 13 January 1421–29 August 1421	Succeeded by Sayf ad-Din Tatar