Sayf al-Din Bilbay ruled as Mamluk Sultan for a matter of weeks in 1467 — one of several ephemeral sultans produced by the violent factional politics of the late Burji period. He was deposed and killed by Yalbay, who himself lasted only months. Gold ashrafis of such brief reigns survive in small numbers simply because so few were struck, not because of any special minting circumstance.
Sayf al-Din Bilbay ruled as Mamluk Sultan for a matter of weeks in 1467 — one of several ephemeral sultans produced by the violent factional politics of the late Burji period. He was deposed and killed by Yalbay, who himself lasted only months. Gold ashrafis of such brief reigns survive in small numbers simply because so few were struck, not because of any special minting circumstance.