{{Infobox royalty | name = Sayf al-Din Tatar | full name = | image = | image_size = | caption = | succession = Sultan of Egypt and Syria | reign = 29 August 1421 – 30 November 1421 | regent = | predecessor = Al-Muzaffar Ahmad | successor = Al-Nasir al-Din Muhammad | spouse = Khawand Sa'adat | issue = {{unbulletedlist|Al-Nasir al-Din Muhammad|Khawand Zaynab|Sitt al-Muluk|}} | house = | dynasty = | father = | mother = | birth_date = unknown | birth_place = | death_date = 30 November 1421 | death_place = | place of burial = }}

'''Sayf al-Din Tatar''' ({{langx|ar|الظاهر سيف الدين ططر}}; d. 30 November 1421) was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 29 August to 30 November 1421.<ref name="Britannica101-103">{{cite EB1911|wstitle= Egypt/3 History | volume= 09 | pages= 80&ndash;130; see page 102, para (7) |quote= Period of Burjī Mamelukes & "Timur in Syria."}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Eduard von Zambaur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djNGCwAAQBAJ&q=%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1+%D8%B9%D8%B2+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86+%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B2+%D8%A8%D9%86+%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82&pg=PA18|title=معجم الأنساب والأسرات الحاكمة في التاريخ الإسلامي للمستشرق زامباور|publisher=IslamKotob|year=1980|place=Beirut|language=ar|page=163}}</ref>

==Biography== Of Circassian descent, Tatar arrived in Cairo around 1399 as a young slave.{{sfn|Ibn Taghribirdi|1929|p=198}} He managed to carve out a path to prominence and eventually ascending to the rank of Emir.{{sfn|Ibn Taghribirdi|1929|pp=199–200}} Even prior to the funeral of Sultan Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh, he solidified his standing among the Mamluk elite and swiftly assumed control as regent for the young Sultan Al-Muzaffar Ahmad.{{sfn|Ibn Taghribirdi|1929|pp=168–176}}

However, Tatar's rise to power wasn't without opposition. The viceroy of Damascus rebelled against his ''de facto'' authority,{{sfn|Ibn Taghribirdi|1929|pp=179–186}} only to be subdued by his forces.{{sfn|Ibn Taghribirdi|1929|p=188}} Following his victory, Tatar seized Damascus, eliminating many of his adversaries and marrying the mother of the young sultan, Khawand Sa'adat.{{sfn|Ibn Taghribirdi|1929|p=190}} He eventually dethroned the sultan at the Citadel of Damascus on August 29, 1421, claiming the Mamluk throne for himself before returning to Cairo.{{sfn|Ibn Taghribirdi|1929|p=198}}

However, he contracted a chronic illness, and his health declined rapidly, culminating in his demise on November 30, 1421.{{sfn|Ibn Taghribirdi|1929|pp=204–206}} Just two days prior, he designated his son, Al-Nasir al-Din Muhammad, as his successor to the throne.{{sfn|Ibn Taghribirdi|1929|p=206}}

==Family== One of his wives was the daughter of Qutlubugha Hajji al-Banaqusi al-Turkmani al-Halabi. They together had one daughter, Khawand Fatima,<ref name="Ben-Bassat 2017">{{cite book | last=Ben-Bassat | first=Y. | title=Developing Perspectives in Mamluk History: Essays in Honor of Amalia Levanoni | publisher=Brill | series=Islamic History and Civilization | year=2017 | isbn=978-90-04-34505-8}}</ref>{{rp|409}} who married Sultan Barsbay,<ref name="yigit">{{cite journal | last=Akkuş Yiğit | first=Fatma | title=Memlûk Sarayında Tek Eşlilik ve Çok Eşlilik Üzerine Bir İnceleme | journal=Journal of International Social Research | publisher=The Journal of International Social Research | volume=9 | issue=43 | date=2016-04-20 | url = https://www.sosyalarastirmalar.com/articles/a-study-on-monogamy-and-polygamy-in-mamluk-palace.pdf | issn=1307-9581 | doi=10.17719/jisr.20164317631 | pages=560}}</ref> and died on 30 August 1469.<ref name="Keddie Baron 2008">{{cite book | last1=Keddie | first1=N.R. | last2=Baron | first2=B. | title=Women in Middle Eastern History: Shifting Boundaries in Sex and Gender | publisher=Yale University Press | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-300-15746-8 | page=131}}</ref> Another wife was the daughter of Sudun al-Faqih.<ref name="Ben-Bassat 2017" />{{rp|43}} Another wife was Khawand Sa'adat.<ref name="Taghrībirdī Popper 1954 p. ">{{cite book | last1=Taghrībirdī | first1=A.M.Y.I. | last2=Popper | first2=W. | title=History of Egypt, 1382-1469 A.D.: 1412-1422 A.D | publisher=University of California Press | year=1954 | page=142}}</ref> She was the daughter of Sirghitmish, and had been previously married to Sultan Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh. They married on 4 August 1421. She died in 1430.<ref name="Dhulster Steenbergen">{{cite journal | last1=D'hulster | first1=Kristof | last2=Steenbergen | first2=Jo Van | title=Family Matters: The Family-In-Law Impulse in Mamluk Marriage Policy | journal=Annales Islamologiques | volume=47 | pages=61–82 | url=https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/publications/family-matters-the-family-in-law-impulse-in-mamluk-marriage-polic | access-date=2021-11-30}}</ref> He had one son, An-Nasir ad-Din Muhammad, who reigned between 1421 and 1422.<ref name="Petry 2008">{{cite book | last=Petry | first=C.F. | title=The Cambridge History of Egypt | publisher=Cambridge University Press | series=Cambridge histories online | issue=v. 1 | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-521-06885-7 | page=520}}</ref> Another daughter was Sitt al-Muluk. She was married to Yashbak as-Suduni, the commander-in-chief.<ref name="Taghrībirdī Popper Fischel 1967">{{cite book | last1=Taghrībirdī | first1=A.M.Y.I. | last2=Popper | first2=W. | last3=Fischel | first3=W.J. | title=History of Egypt: An Extract from Abū L-Mahāsin Ibn Taghrī Birdī's Chronicle Entitled Hawādith Ad-Duhūr Fī Madā L-'Ayyām Wash-Shuhūr (845-854., A.H., A.D. 1441-1450) | publisher=American Oriental Society | series=American oriental series: Essay | year=1967 | page=23}}</ref><ref name="Conermann 2014">{{cite book | last=Conermann | first=S. | title=Everything is on the Move: The Mamluk Empire as a Node in (trans-)regional Networks | publisher=V&R Unipress | series=Mamluk studies | year=2014 | isbn=978-3-8471-0274-8 | page=102}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Sources== * {{cite book |author=Ibn Taghribirdi |title=Al-Nujūm al-Zāhirah fī Mulūk Miṣr wa-al-Qāhirah |volume=14 |publisher=Egyptian Dar al-Kutub Press in Cairo |language=ar |date=1929 }}

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