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Qansuh al-Ghawri

c. 1441–1516 · 15th century · Also known as Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri

Qansuh al-Ghawri was the penultimate Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria, reigning from 1501 to 1516. He built a fleet to fight the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean, which was defeated at the Battle of Diu in 1509, and left a large mosque and mausoleum complex in Cairo. He was killed at the Battle of Marj Dabiq against the Ottomans in 1516, which opened Syria and then Egypt to Selim I.

Qansuh al-Ghawri
Image: Florentine painter Cristofano dell'Altissimo, 16th century · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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