Today marks the 762nd anniversary of the murder of Mamluk leader Sultan Saif Al-Din Qutuz and the alleged Baybars who followed him on October 24, 1260 A.D. This occurred as he was travelling from Damascus, Syria, to Cairo, specifically in the region between Al-Jaafara and Al-Salihiya, and was only 50 days after the battle of “Ain Jalut.”
When Qutuz, the victor from Ain Jalut, returned to Egypt, some Mamluk princes, led by Baybars, plotted against him. They killed him between Al-Qarabi and Al-Salihiya, and he was buried in Al-Qusayr. After some time, his grave was moved to Cairo. Qutuz died on Saturday, 16 Dhu al-Qi’dah 658 AH, or October 22, 1260
Ibn Katheer says in his book (The Beginning and the End): The congregation does not deal with the intoxicants, nor anything from what the kings use, and the duration of his property was from the time of his teacher, Al -Mansour Ali bin Al -Moez, Turkmen, to this period, which is the end of Dhu al -Qi’dah towards the year of God, may God have mercy on him, and reward him from Islam and his family is good. a band of princes to assassinate him.
Qutuz was killed, and according to “The Prosperous Stars in the Kings of Egypt and Cairo, to Youssef Bin Taghry Bardi,” he lay on the ground covered in blood for days before being buried by some of his servants. “His grave was intended to visit and bless and people have mercy on him and claim to be his followers,” the author wrote. He killed him, and he had mercy on him and prayed for those who killed him, and the apparent king Baybars had participated in his killing, and when he reached it, he made it a good man and transferred him to other place and pardoned his impact, and his news was not forgiven, then Qutuz was then
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What transpired when Al-Zahir Baybars, the leader of Ain Jalut, killed Qutuz?
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