Baibars II.
Al-Malik al-Muzaffar Rukn ad-Din Baibars II. ( Arabic بيبرس) († 1310 ) was Sultan of the Mamluks in Egypt from 1308 to 1309 . He belonged to the Bahri dynasty .
Baybars belonged since the end of the 13th century the most powerful emirs of the Mamelukes in Egypt. With Emir Salar, he carried out the second installation of al-Malik an-Nasir Muhammad as sultan. However, with Salar, he completely excluded the fourteen-year-old from the government, even after he had won a decisive victory against the Ilchane in 1303. Even if the Egyptian Bedouins were pacified after a massacre in 1306 , the empire found itself in a difficult situation after a severe earthquake (1303), campaigns by the Johanniter against the Nile Delta , Acre and Tartosa (1306) as well as internal power struggles of the Mamlukenemirs. In this situation an-Nasir withdrew from Cairo in 1308 to the Jordan area at the Kerak fortress and announced his abdication .
After the escape of the puppet, Baibars II was now appointed sultan. His government was overshadowed by crop failures and a severe famine in Egypt. In addition, an-Nasir cleverly used his abdication to ally himself with the Syrian Mamluks and Bedouin tribes. An-Nasir managed to return to Cairo and take power as early as 1309. Baibars was captured and executed in 1310.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bertold Spuler: History of the Islamic Lander. 6th volume. Brill, Leiden 1953, p. 107
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| al-Malik an-Nasir Muhammad |
Sultan of Egypt ( Bahri Dynasty ) 1308–1309 |
al-Malik an-Nasir Muhammad |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Baibars II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sultan of the Mamluks in Egypt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1310 |