# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sunqur-al-ashqar
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:32:52.314Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sunqur-al-ashqar"
name: "Sunqur al-Ashqar"
slug: "sunqur-al-ashqar"
description: "Shams al-Din Sunqur al-Ashqar al-Salihi was the Mamluk viceroy of Damascus in 1279–1280, who attempted to rule Syria independently, in a rebellion against the Egypt-based sultan Qalawun. While the rebellion in Damascus was quashed in 1280, Sunqur ensconced himself in the Sahyun Castle in the coastal mountains of northern Syria. He joined Qalawun in the successful defense of Syria against the Ilkhanid Mongols at the Battle of Homs in 1281. He remained in a state of peaceful relations with the sultan, despite ruling his coastal principality independently."
tagline: "Mamluk viceroy"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Silver_dirham_of_Amir_Sunqur_al-Ashqar%2C_struck_in_AH_679_during_his_rule_in_Damascus_under_the_Mamluk_Sultanate.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
deathDate: "1293"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.08
  momentum:             1.159737417943107
  historical:           5.285026666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunqur_al-Ashqar"
    title: "Sunqur al-Ashqar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%B1"
    title: "سنقر الأشقر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%B1"
    title: "سنقر الأشقر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%B1"
    title: "سنقر الاشقر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunqur_al-Achqar"
    title: "Sunqur al-Achqar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "सुनक़ुर अल-अश्कर"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13141797"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump