The Mameluke; or, Slave dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, AD . ould give him no relief, he hadthem both, the reclamations of his Courtiers not-withstanding, beheaded in presence of the cityPrefects. Some weeks after, finding the end athand, he named Yusuf his son Successor, with theEmir Jakmac for his guardian. Then having sum-moned the Mameluke leaders to his presence, heupbraided them at length, all in the Turkish tongue, 1438. for their wildness and excesses, bade them be true 1st June. • n to his Son, and so breathed his last. Macrizy condemns him as a cunning, cruel,avaricious tyrant; and we h
The Mameluke; or, Slave dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, AD . ould give him no relief, he hadthem both, the reclamations of his Courtiers not-withstanding, beheaded in presence of the cityPrefects. Some weeks after, finding the end athand, he named Yusuf his son Successor, with theEmir Jakmac for his guardian. Then having sum-moned the Mameluke leaders to his presence, heupbraided them at length, all in the Turkish tongue, 1438. for their wildness and excesses, bade them be true 1st June. • n to his Son, and so breathed his last. Macrizy condemns him as a cunning, cruel,avaricious tyrant; and we have seen that, as oc-casion offered, he did not hesitate treacherously torid himself of his opponents. All that can be saidin his favour is that even in this respect he wasnot so bad as many who had gone before.^ 1 Macrizy was not encouraged during tliis reign at Court, whichmay possihly have added liitterness to his tone. Abul Mahasin asa favourite there, is naturally milder. Other writers speak of theSultans prayers and fastings as mere CHAPTER XV YUSUF JAKMAC AL ZAHIR 1438-1453 Yusuf was nearly fifteen years of a_^e, uss •^ -^ ^ 1st June, same fate befell him as that of his infant while simulating devotion to his ward, tookpossession of the Citadel, and gradually gained overthe Aslirafite party, or that devoted to the lateSultans house.^ The army shortly returning fromits Asiatic campaign, the commander Kirkmash wasled to believe that Jakmac was labouring to securethe crown for him. And when the deluded Generalwas induced, as a feint for this end, to propose in an 1 The memluke factions began now to be called by the titles ofthe Sultans to whom they belonged, or had in times past beenattached. Thus while the Ashrafites are called after Bursbai alAshraf (the Exalted); the Zdhirites are so called from Berkuck whosetitle (and that of Jakmac also) was al Zahir (the Victorious) ; andthe Mueyyadites from Sheikh (and also Ahme
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