Lajin
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Lajin | |
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Sultan of Egypt | |
Reign | 7 December 1296 – 16 January 1299 |
Predecessor | Al-Adil Kitbugha |
Successor | An-Nasir Muhammad |
Born | unknown |
Died | 16 January 1299 |
Lachin (Template:Lang-ar), full royal name al-Malik al-Mansour Hossam ad-Din Lachin al-Mansuri (الملك المنصور حسام الدين لاجين المنصورى; d. January 16, 1299, Cairo) was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 1296 to 1299. Originally Greek, he was a mamluk of Al-Mansur Qalawun and had participated in the assassination of Qalawun's son the Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil. He also tried assassinating the Sultan Al-Adil Kitbugha but failed. Kitbugha, fearing for his life, sent to him afterwards that he is ready to remove himself from the Sultanate for him to be the Sultan instead. Lajin agreed and became Sultan under the title Al-Mansur Hussam ud-din, while Kitbugha was givin a fief in the Levant.
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