WI: St. Francis converts the Sultan?

One of the lesser-known aspects of the life of St. Francis of Assisi is his plan to bring an end to the Crusades by sailing to Egypt and convincing the Sultan to convert to Christianity. Obviously this never happened IOTL, but assuming St. Francis actually made the trip and actually managed to convert the Sultan, what would happen?
 
One of the lesser-known aspects of the life of St. Francis of Assisi is his plan to bring an end to the Crusades by sailing to Egypt and convincing the Sultan to convert to Christianity. Obviously this never happened IOTL, but assuming St. Francis actually made the trip and actually managed to convert the Sultan, what would happen?

Don´t think that the Sultan would have any support left , if he actually tempted by Francis´s offering.
 
One of the lesser-known aspects of the life of St. Francis of Assisi is his plan to bring an end to the Crusades by sailing to Egypt and convincing the Sultan to convert to Christianity. Obviously this never happened IOTL, but assuming St. Francis actually made the trip and actually managed to convert the Sultan, what would happen?

The Sultan is guaranteed to be overthrown. If he's lucky, he's just declared insane and forced into exile in Europe, much like the Ottoman pretenders, and becomes an oddity in the Pope's court or in some European monarch. If he's not, he's killed.
 
Like all previous said, sultan wouldn't be sultan very long if he converts. And Francis has better escape from the country quickly if he wants keep his head.
 
Best case scenarios as above.

Worst case scenarios, first (and I admit that theologically there would be grounds to call it a best case, "the crown," for those concerned), two new martyrs added to the Calendar plus all those martyred in the ensuing crackdown (starting with the Copts); and, second, an ongoing back and forth of wars, possibly overtly labeled as jihads and crusades, arising from the gross insult offered by this Frankish unbeliever Francis (as the reactionaries who depose (at best) the sultan-convert and take control will call him). Massively increased suspicion and intolerance and revanchism on all sides.
 
At that point it would have made 0 difference as the Mamluk Caste basically controlled the state. If he converts to Christianity, he would be killed, not only because it would be bad news for the Egyptian aristocracy that ruled over a population that was either majority Christian or contained a large Christian minority, but also because of Islamic apostasy laws.
 
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