Editing Al-Nasir Muhammad (section)

==Life==
An-Nasir Muhammad was the third son of Sultan [[Qalawun]] and the brother of Sultan [[al-Ashraf Khalil]]. He was born in [[Cairo]] at [[Cairo Citadel|Qal'at al-Jabal]] (Citadel of the Mountain).<ref>Al-Maqrizi, p.189/vol.2</ref><ref>Qal'at al-Jabal (Citadel of the Mountain), the abode and court of the sultan in Cairo. It stood on the Muqatam mountain where the Mosque of Muhammad Ali of Egypt|Muhammad Ali stands now.</ref> His father [[Qalawun]] was of [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] origin from a [[Kipchaks|Kipchak tribe]], and his mother Ašlūn was the daughter of a [[Mongol]] notable named Šaktāy.<ref name="UV">{{cite book |last1=Vermeulen |first1=Urbain |last2=Smet |first2=Daniel De |title=Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras |date=1995 |publisher=Peeters Publishers |isbn=978-90-6831-683-4 |page=314 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=grvIugwjRJQC&pg=PA314 |language=en}}</ref> Qalawun received the news of an-Nasir's birth during his [[siege of Margat]] on the coast of the [[Levant]].<ref>[[Al-Safadi]], (1998) pdf ''أعيان [https://books-library.net/free-382363789-download العصر وأعوان النصر]'', vol. 5, p. 76. First edition. Scientific Press in [[Damascus]].</ref> An-Nasir Muhammad was raised and behaved in Mongol fashion until the age of 29, until he had a change of mood after an illness in 1315, which led him and his followers to "shave their heads [...] and give up their flowing locks".<ref name="UV"/>

An-Nasir Muhammad married a [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] woman [[Khawand Toghay]], who started as his slave but was freed by him. She gave birth to Prince Anuk.<ref>[http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.display.module&story_id=&module_id=158&language_id=1&ee_messages=0001.flashrequired.text Famous Muslim Women], EternalEgypt.org</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Waddy|first1=Charis|title=Women in Muslim History|date=1980|publisher=Longman|isbn=978-0582780842|page=103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VEEpAAAAYAAJ&q=toghay|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref>

His reign can be separated mainly by three phases, as he was deposed once and abdicated once during his reign.