Faraj
Al-Malik an-Nasir Faraj ibn Barquq ( Arabic الملك الناصر فرج بن برقوق, DMG al-Malik an-Nāṣir Faraǧ b. Barqūq ; * 1386 ; † 1412 ) was twice sultan of the Mamluks in Egypt between 1399 and 1412 .
In 1399 Faradsch succeeded his father Barquq (1382-1399). Under him the power struggles broke out again among the Mamluk emirs, which weakened the empire considerably. In addition, there were other epidemics and famine, which led to a decline in the population and the decline of agriculture. This in turn hit the Mamluks hard, who were dependent on the income from their military loans. The economy of the empire was further damaged by the collapse of the monetary system.
This crisis in the empire was exacerbated by the conflict with Timur Lenk . Around 1400 Syria with Aleppo , Hama and Damascus was badly devastated by the troops of Timur Lenk, without him being put to battle by Faraj, as he was withdrawing to Cairo because of an impending overthrow .
The unrest continued among the Mamluks. When Faraj suddenly disappeared in 1405, his brother Abd al-Aziz was installed as sultan. After two months, Faraj took over the government again. In the following years he tried to restore order in Syria, but encountered the resistance of the Syrian Mamluks against Egyptian centralism (Aleppo ruled in 1407 as counter-sultan al-Malik al-Adil Abdallah Jakam). Several campaigns failed to restore the sultan's authority. In May 1412 he was overthrown and murdered at the instigation of legal scholars in Syria. His body remained there, which is why he was not buried in the tomb mosque he built for himself and his father Barquq . He was succeeded by the Abbasid caliph al-Mustain , who took over the office of sultan for a few months before a Mamluk took over again with al-Mu'aiyad Sheikh (1412–1421).
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Barquq al-Mansur Abd al-Aziz |
Sultan of Egypt ( Burjiyya dynasty ) 1399–1405 1405–1412 |
al-Mansur Abd al-Aziz al-Mustain |
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| SURNAME | Faraj |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | an-Nasir Faraj ibn Barquq (full name); الناصر فرج بن برقوق (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sultan of the Mamluks in Egypt (1399-1412) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1386 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1412 |