Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri
Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri (Arabic: الأشرف قانصوه الغوري) or Qansuh II al-Ghawri (c. 1441/1446 – 24 August 1516) was the second-to-last of the Mamluk Sultans. One of the last and most powerful of the Burji dynasty, he reigned from 1501 to 1516.
| Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri | |
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| Sultan of Egypt | |
Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri ("Campson Gavro re d'Egitto") by Florentine painter Cristofano dell'Altissimo, Galleria degli Uffizi | |
| Sultan of Egypt and Syria | |
| Reign | 20 April 1501 – 24 August 1516 |
| Predecessor | Tuman bay I |
| Successor | Tuman bay II |
| Born | c. 1441 |
| Died | 24 August 1516 (aged 75–76) Dabiq, near Aleppo, Syria |
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| Dynasty | Burji |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
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