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:''Turanshah redirects here. For [[Saladin]]'s brother, see [[Turan-shah]]''
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[[Image:Crusade damietta.jpg|thumb|250px|Louis IX of [[France]] leading crusaders attacking [[Damietta]], [[Egypt]].]]
[[Image:Crusade damietta.jpg|thumb|250px|Louis IX of [[France]] leading crusaders attacking [[Damietta]], [[Egypt]].]]
'''Turanshah''', also Turan Shah ({{lang-ar|<big>توران شاه</big>}}) (''epithet:'' '''al-Malik al-Muazzam Ghayath al-Din Turanshah''' ({{lang-ar|<big>الملك المعظم غياث الدين توران شاه</big>}})) was a son of Sultan [[As-Salih Ayyub]] and became Sultan of [[Egypt]] for a brief period and he was member of Kurdish [[Ayyubid Dynasty]]. He served as the governor of the city of [[Aleppo]] when it was invested by the [[Mongol]] army in 1259 commanded by [[Hulagu]]. Turanshah's defenders held out for a week, and continued resistance from the city's citadel for another month, when it was finally captured and destroyed. Surprisingly, the mongols let the defenders live.<ref>[[#preiss95|Amitai-Preiss 1995]]: 1</ref>
'''Turanshah''', also Turan Shah ({{lang-ar|<big>توران شاه</big>}}) (''epithet:'' '''al-Malik al-Muazzam Ghayath al-Din Turanshah''' ({{lang-ar|<big>الملك المعظم غياث الدين توران شاه</big>}})) was a son of Sultan [[As-Salih Ayyub]] and became Sultan of [[Egypt]] for a brief period and he was member of Kurdish [[Ayyubid Dynasty]].

== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[List of rulers of Egypt]]
*[[List of rulers of Egypt]]

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Turanshah redirects here. For Saladin's brother, see Turan-shah
File:Crusade damietta.jpg
Louis IX of France leading crusaders attacking Damietta, Egypt.

Turanshah, also Turan Shah (Arabic: توران شاه) (epithet: al-Malik al-Muazzam Ghayath al-Din Turanshah (Arabic: الملك المعظم غياث الدين توران شاه)) was a son of Sultan As-Salih Ayyub and became Sultan of Egypt for a brief period and he was member of Kurdish Ayyubid Dynasty.

See also

Notes

References

Amitai-Preiss, Reuven (1995). Mongols and Mamluks: The Mamluk-Īlkhānid War. Cambridge, Great Britain: Cambridge University Press. p. 26. ISBN 0521462266.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Sultan of Egypt
1249 - 1250
Succeeded by