Mamluk Succession Crisis in Cairo (1390s)

Name: Mamluk Succession Crisis in Cairo (1390s)
Start: 1391
End: 1400

Type Event Region Asia Time 1391–1400

After Sultan Barquq's restoration in 1390, the Mamluk regime experienced intense factional struggles and repeated succession arrangements in the 1390…

Timeline

1390Cairo · EgyptAfter being briefly overthrown in 1389, Barquq regained the throne in June 1390 with the support of Mamluk factions, suppressing the opposition and marking the first climax of the Circassian Mamluk regime's succession crisis.
1391–1398Cairo Citadel · EgyptAfter his restoration, Barquq purged rival factions and adjusted emir appointments to balance the interests of various Mamluk groups, while also dealing with external pressure from Timur's imperial expansion; the regime continued to function amid turmoil.
1399–1400Cairo · EgyptAfter Barquq's death in 1399, his son Faraj acceded to the throne with the support of some emirs, but the young sultan lacked prestige, and the Mamluk succession crisis entered a new phase as the political situation again became turbulent.

Sources

Peter M. Holt, The Age of the Crusades: The Near East from the Eleventh Century to 1517 — Peter M. Holt