Angry Attitudes of Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbay toward his Military (872- 901AH/ 1468- 1496AD)

The research paper elaborates on the angry attitudes of Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbay toward his military for three reasons. First, his long reign lasted for nearly thirty years. Second, the historical resources contained exuberant material in this regard. Third, the historians’ discrepant statements described the Sultan’s feelings as swinging between prudence and indignation. Therefore, it was necessary to examine these statements. In addition, the Sultan’s angry attitudes needed to be scrutinized, explored, and analyzed.
        The study demonstrates how Sultan Qaitbay acted in these situations in his dealings with the military to serve as a model for political governance in modern times, especially those in which he behaved discreetly. Angry attitudes refer to all sentiments that cause rage such as upset, disturbance, exasperation, fury, wrath, distress, and petulance. All these feelings connote analogous emotions historians notated without any distinction. Furthermore, the study attempts to highlight Qaitbay’s reactions toward attitudes that infuriated him at all the military levels and the resulting material and moral penalties.