sultan egypt din ibn muhammad ibn better known july sultan egypt ruling january june son sultan muhammad embroiled volatile succession process following father death lived life desert fortress assume cairo preferring closely allied inhabitants city tribes vicinity syrian partisans successfully bring syria official control sympathetic egypt able puppet sultan year old half brother eventually assumed frequently delaying departure egypt known sultan surrounding supporters rarely making direct contact egypt avoiding public view months reign relocated substantial sums treasury horses senior administrative officials ruled desert fortress leaving deputy oversee affairs egypt behalf unorthodox rule alleged execution loyal partisans led deposed half brother remained fortress besieged seven times captured july killed later month orders early life career born father sultan muhammad mother singer slave girl freed possibly given muhammad time birth muhammad son sons died born son muhammad born later divorced married stepfather youth spent frequent bouts time desert fortress orders father sent supervision large budget begin training hunting sent april times particularly reign isolated centers akin private academy young gain perfect skills residency intended qualities supervision governor era sources known recalled cairo escort occurred september festivities following day left cairo prior arrival cairo died appointed governor concurrent arrival cairo ordered raise ensure education brother time met favored son younger brother red_sea town south accompany father pilgrimage minute sent care known life event recalled cairo angered father learned arrival muhammad saw married daughter muhammad leading returned wife growing increasingly ill point year fell requested father governorship transferred request governor fortresses muhammad appointed supervise relationship reported muhammad poorly dressing spending time drinking boy fallen love consequence behavior ordered return cairo march received fanfare jailed protest action food isolated quarters sent senior persuade threaten abandon relationship avail told young man punished kill refused offer father transferred muhammad service return abandonment ultimately relented abandoned hopes succeed sultan instead released mounted second highest military rank stay egypt sent likely replacing governor province entered dispute related racing competition response severely beaten news incident reached attempted force sending communicate demands refused stating young boys girls regard pleasures boy shared exile having left family expel sultan commands let expel expelled accompanied intervention muhammad wives decided return cairo way sold horses ultimately decided send governor conflict died june reign marked power shortly death discussed succession senior supported nomination supported younger brother favored believed unfit rule rejected suggestion stating let cross soil egypt charge cause ruin state following muhammad death june proclaimed sultan virtually ceremonial ruler holding power organizer state effect egypt imprisoned upper egyptian city executed charges arranged year old son declared sultan consolidating power time execution called report cairo ostensibly assume viewed invitation cairo ruse eliminate responded september report cairo leading appeared gave loyalty condition brothers imprisoned relocated concurrently sent letters syria requesting support proceeded depart cairo siege commanded syrian support inhabitants tribes vicinity days siege defected recognized sultan promised support persuaded defect governor argued support respect bonds loyalty owed father master gained prefix like father recognition sultan officially act mutiny technically held office led divisions syrian leadership governors tripoli led supporting governor tribe number supporting left damascus lead expedition pursuing southeastern moved damascus proclaimed sultan began bureaucracy support opposed prepared strike attempted control damascus forces defected escaped cairo afterward governors damascus formally recognized sultan apparent popular support nonetheless insisted remain instead assuming damascus loyal supporter accompanied damascus meantime gave authority appoint syrian governors new syria point political killed act emotionally reign position egypt ultimately arrested alexandria afterward delegation egypt based arrived inform invite cairo assume refused january declared sultan despite absence cairo expected meet damascus men march cairo royal procession opted low key procession frustrated instead departed cairo february reaching cairo mid march attire affirmed title declared royalty found place adequate cairo usual royal feast public prayer holiday surrounded supporters refused meet directly egypt avoided public view generally ordered governor oversaw execution executed assigned supporters senior administrative offices egypt played integral role administration arbitrary conduct office selective approach orders turned support leading frustrated imprisoned addition ordered confined damascus egypt sought eliminate able leave egypt unharmed reaching arrested governor egypt end decided rule place felt secure plots real perceived departed large sums sultan treasury huge numbers arabian horses livestock accompanied arrested supporters chief market inspector cairo chief sought relocate managed install ostensibly interim headquarters reached relatively quickly days left cairo care newly appointed deputy governor issued reached cairo rarely communicated directly preferring use instead according important people ibn ibn commander arab forces fortress repeatedly asked return cairo refused time executed unclear reasons execute appalled public steadily losing credibility executions seen testament men supported virtually installed sultan argues compelled assume remove self imposed isolation deposition death cairo senior resolved replace half brother june decision supported governors syrian provinces defected learning executions reports behavior despite having apparent ambitions outside viewed threat sultan exiled marched cairo seized throne seven expeditions launched deposition siege aborted lasted months cost huge sums times ended dismissal officers difficulty gaining key support local tribes allies summer supporters served spring support defected sultan army local informed besieging vulnerability defenses intelligence july command entered fortress captured wounded treated respect captors suspicious egyptian captors refused eat meals provided agreeing eat food handled partisans sent cairo secretly ordered mercenary july head brought displayed body buried foot fortress legacy month reign judged disappointment historians wrote expectations victorious lion ascension ended receiving crazy teacher wrote truly terrible administrator asserted worst muhammad sons repeated alleged warning muhammad enter egypt ground ruin monarchy
An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt