Abstract

The study of the position of the Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbay (872-901 AH/1467-1496 AD) regarding the rebellion of Prince Dalghadari Shah Siwar is one of the important studies that many historians have overlooked and which had a significant impact on the policy of the Mamluk state, as the Dalghadr Emirate was subordinate to it and the Mamluks were not. They allow this emirate to depart from their dependence, and the emirate served as a barrier between them and the Ottoman Empire.
Prince Dalghadari rebelled against the Mamluk state under circumstances that enabled him to benefit from it. The state was going through difficult circumstances before Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaytbay came to power. The country’s sultan, Khashkadam, was on his sick bed when the news of Tamr Shah Siwar arrived. After his death, three sultans succeeded in ruling the Mamluk state. A period of less than four months
After Sultan Qaitbay came to power, he did not accept Prince Dalal’s departure from his rule, so he sent three military campaigns against him. Prince Dalal Ghadri was victorious in the two campaigns. The first was acceptable in fighting the third. The Mamluks were able to defeat Shah Siwar and he remained in control of the country. He was taken prisoner with a number of his brothers and relatives in Cairo. Drought, famine, and Shah Siwar's cunning cooperated to prolong the rebellion, which cost the Mamluk state much in human and material reduction.