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Aybak
Aybak, or Izz al-Din Aybak, was a Mamluk commander who became the first sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt in 1250. He married Shajar al-Durr, the widow of the last effective Ayyubid sultan, to legitimise his rule. He was murdered in 1257 amid power struggles among the mamluk factions.
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