Tumanbay II ruled for roughly three months — from October 1516 to January 1517 — making him the last Sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate before the Ottoman conquest of Egypt. His coinage was struck at Cairo (al-Qahira) during the chaotic final collapse of Mamluk power, while Selim I's forces were advancing following their decisive victory at the Battle of Marj Dabiq in August 1516, where his predecessor Qansuh al-Ghawri died on the field. Tumanbay himself was captured and hanged at the Zuwayla Gate in Cairo in April 1517.
Tumanbay II ruled for roughly three months — from October 1516 to January 1517 — making him the last Sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate before the Ottoman conquest of Egypt. His coinage was struck at Cairo (al-Qahira) during the chaotic final collapse of Mamluk power, while Selim I's forces were advancing following their decisive victory at the Battle of Marj Dabiq in August 1516, where his predecessor Qansuh al-Ghawri died on the field. Tumanbay himself was captured and hanged at the Zuwayla Gate in Cairo in April 1517.