User:Alexis Ivanov/Aybak

Normally, one of the prominent Bahriyya amirs would have filled this post, but fear of power struggles among them led them to choose Aybak al-Turkmani, a middle-ranking and non-Bahri amir, for the post. As one commentary has it,Shajar al-Durr married Aybak in order to make him worthy of his exalted role. This arrangement was kept in place for about three months.

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