Al-Ashraf Kujuk

Küçük (Kujuk/Küchük)
Al-Malik al-Ashraf
Sultan of Egypt and Syria
Reign5 August 1341 – 21 January 1342
PredecessorAl-Mansur Abu Bakr
SuccessorAn-Nasir Ahmad
RegentQawsun
Born1334
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate
DiedSeptember 1345 (aged 11)
Mamluk Sultanate
IssueNone
Names
Al-Malik al-Ashraf Ala'a ad-Din Kujuk ibn Muhammad ibn Qalawun
HouseQalawuni
DynastyBahri
FatherAn-Nasir Muhammad
MotherArdu
ReligionIslam

Al-Ashraf Ala'a ad-Din Kujuk ibn Muhammad ibn Qalawun (Arabic: الأشرف علاءالدين كجك), better known as al-Ashraf Kujuk (also spelled Küçük/Küchük), (1334 – September 1345) was the Mamluk sultan from August 1341 to January 1342. He was a young child on the throne, and real power was held by his regent Emir Qawsun, a senior aid to Kujuk's father Sultan an-Nasir Muhammad (r. 1310–41). When Qawsun was ousted in a mamluk revolt in late December 1341, Kujuk was deposed in the weeks after. Kujuk was later murdered at the age of nine as a result of the political intrigues in the sultanate.


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