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 "id": "person/al-zahir-qansuh",
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 "slug": "al-zahir-qansuh",
 "label": {
  "ar": "الملك الظاهر قانصوه",
  "en": "al-Malik al-Zahir Qansuh"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "الملك الظاهر قانصوه سلطان مصر بعد مقتل الملك الناصر محمد بن قايتباي؛ قدِم جان بلاط من نيابة الشام في زمنه فولاه الإمرة الكبرى وزوّجه بأخته، وكان العادل طومان باي يرمي الفتنة بينه وبين الظاهر حتى تنافرا فغلبه جان بلاط فخرج من قلعة مصر وتركها له سنة خمس وتسعمائة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 445}.",
  "en": "Sultan between al-Nasir b. Qaytbay's killing and Jan Balat's coup — Jan Balat came from the Damascus governorship in his days, was made amir-kabir and married to his sister; Tuman Bay sowed discord between them until Jan Balat overcame al-Zahir, who left the citadel of Egypt to him in 905 {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 445}."
 },
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  "politics-governance-and-authority"
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    "lang": "ar",
    "value": "الملك الظاهر قانصوه"
   }
  ],
  "gender": "male",
  "roles": [
   "sultan"
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "شذرات الذهب — ابن العماد (ط مكتبة المثنى 1351، ج8، سنة 906)، قراءة آبل فيجن",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
   "run": "lib-shadharat-batch-143"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/shadharat-dhahab"
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  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High)"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "الملك الظاهر قانصوه، سلطان مصر بعد مقتل الملك الناصر محمد بن قايتباي. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 445}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "خلعه",
     "markdown": "قدم جان بلاط من نيابة الشام في زمنه فولاه الإمرة الكبرى وزوجه بأخته، وكان العادل طومان باي يرمي الفتنة بينه وبين الظاهر حتى تنافرا، فغلبه جان بلاط فخرج من قلعة مصر وتركها له سنة خمس وتسعمائة. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 445}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/al-zahir-qansuh",
    "lang": "ar",
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    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-21"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Al-Malik al-Zahir Qansuh, sultan of Egypt after the killing of al-Malik al-Nasir Muhammad b. Qaytbay. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 445}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "His deposition",
     "markdown": "Janbalat came from the governorship of Syria in his days; he gave him the grand emirate and married him to his sister, while al-'Adil Tumanbay sowed strife between him and al-Zahir until they fell out — Janbalat prevailed, and he left the Cairo citadel to him in 905. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 445}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/al-zahir-qansuh",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-21"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "ملک ظاہر قانصوه، ملک ناصر محمد بن قايتباي کے قتل کے بعد مصر کا سلطان۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 445}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "معزولی",
     "markdown": "اس کے زمانے میں جان بلاط شام کی نیابت سے آیا تو اسے امارت کبری دی اور اپنی بہن سے بیاہا، جبکہ عادل طومان بائی اس کے اور ظاہر کے درمیان فتنہ ڈالتا رہا یہاں تک کہ بگڑ گئے — جان بلاط غالب آیا اور وہ 905 میں مصر کا قلعہ اس کے لیے چھوڑ کر نکلا۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 445}"
    }
   ],
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    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-21"
  }
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 "updated": "2026-10-18",
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   "to": "event/ghuri-accession-906",
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   "role": "السلطان المغلوب قبل جان بلاط",
   "sources": [
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  "person/jan-balat",
  "person/tuman-bay-i",
  "event/ghuri-accession-906",
  "person/qansuh-al-ghawri",
  "place/cairo",
  "concept/ahl-al-diwan",
  "concept/ahl-al-hall-wal-aqd",
  "concept/ahl-al-mahalla"
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