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Al-Nasir Faraj

Type Figure Region Egypt Time c. 1386–1412 Also known as Sultan Faraj

Al-Nasir Faraj (c. 1386–1412) was a Mamluk Burji dynasty sultan; after his father Barquq's sudden death in 1399 he acceded as a youth, ruling Egypt a…

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  1. 1399–1400Cairo · CairoSucceeded his father Barquq as sultan in June 1399, only in his teens. After refusing Timur's ultimatum he organized resistance, but in 1400 Timur took Aleppo and Damascus, and the Egyptian army performed poorly in Syria.
  2. 1401–1410Cairo and Damascus · CairoAfter Timur's death in 1405 Syria returned to Mamluk control, but Faraj continued to feud with Syrian emirs and Cairo factions. The Nile flood of 1403 and the plague of 1405 worsened the social crisis; deposed by his brother in September 1405 and restored in November, his second reign still struggled to control Syria.
  3. 1411–1412Damascus · DamascusAfter defeat in the Beqaa Valley in 1412 he fled into the Damascus citadel, where on May 23 he was captured and assassinated by opponents; the Abbasid caliph al-Musta'in briefly served as nominal sultan, and the Burji emir faction reshuffled.

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