Bilbay was of
Circassian descent. He was brought to Egypt during the reign of
Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh. He owned lands and became
emir of ten under
Barsbay, then
emir of drums under
Jaqmaq. He was imprisoned by
Al-Mansur Fakhr-ad-Din Uthman, then freed by
Sayf ad-Din Inal. Later on, he became
atabeg in September 1466 under
Khushqadam. He became a sultan in October 1467, following the death of Khushqadam. During his reign, he became reliant on his
dwidar kabir (grand executive), Khairbek. However, the Dhahiri Mamluks captured Bilbay and deposed him on 5 December 1467, then
Timurbugha was proclaimed sultan. Bilbay was later imprisoned in
Alexandria, where he died from
plague on 19 September 1468. ==References==