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Reign
  
1277–1279

Parents
  
Baibars

Died
  
1280, Al Karak, Jordan

Siblings
  
Solamish

Role
  
Sultan of Egypt

Predecessor
  
Baibars

Name
  
Al-Said Barakah

Successor
  
Solamish


Al-Said Barakah

Birth name
  
Muhammed Barakah Qan (Arabic: محمد بركة قان‎)

Royal name
  
al-Malik al-Said Nasir al-Din Barakah (Arabic: الملك السعيد ناصر الدين بركة‎)

Father
  
al-Zahir Baibars al-Bunduqdari

People also search for
  
Solamish, Baibars

Al-Said Barakah (1260–1280; original name: Muhammed Barakah Qan (Arabic: محمد بركة قان‎‎), royal name: al-Malik al-Said Nasir al-Din Barakah (Arabic: الملك السعيد ناصر الدين بركة) was a Mamluk Sultan who ruled from 1277 to 1279 after the death of his father al-Zahir Baibars al-Bunduqdari.

Barakah was born in Cairo. His succession went smoothly, and al-Said set about limiting the power of the amirs from his father's administration. One, his father's viceroy, died under suspicious circumstances. Others were jailed and then released. In their place, al-Said promoted his own mamluks. He also sent Qalawun and Baysari, two of the most powerful amirs, to raid Cilician Armenia and Qal'at al-Rum in 1279, as a way of keeping them busy and away from the seat of power. Each had 10,000 troops. Al-Said's plan was to have both of them arrested on their return, but another amir, Kuvenduk, warned them of the plan, and when they returned, al-Said was forced to abdicate. His seven-year-old brother Sulamish was placed on the throne in his place, under the guardianship of Qalawun, who became the effective sultan.

Exiled to Al Karak fortress, in Jordan, he died there in 1280.

References

Al-Said Barakah Wikipedia


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