Al-Said Barakah

Al-Said Barakah (1260–1280; original name: Muhammed Barakah Qan (Arabic: محمد بركة قان‎), royal name: al-Malik al-Said Nasir al-Din Barakah (الملك السعيد ناصر الدين بركة) was a Mamluk Sultan who ruled from 1277 to 1279 after the death of his father Baibars. His mother was a daughter of Barka Khan, a former Khwarazmian amir.[1]

Al-Said Barakah
A dinar of Mamluk Sultan Barakah minted in Alexandria in 1277/78
Sultan of Egypt and Syria
Reign	3 July 1277 – August 1279
Predecessor	Al-Zahir Baibars al-Bunduqdari
Successor	Badr al-Din Solamish
Born	1260 Cairo
Died	1280 (aged 19–20) Al Karak
Birth name	Muhammed Barakah Qan محمد بركة قان
Royal name	al-Malik al-Said Nasir al-Din Barakah الملك السعيد ناصر الدين بركة
House	Zahiri
Dynasty	Bahri
Father	al-Zahir Baibars al-Bunduqdari
Religion	Islam

Dominion of Bahri Mamluks ( red )

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

1. Burgoyne, Michael Hamilton (1987). Mamluk Jerusalem. p. 110. ISBN 090503533X.

• Reuven Amitai-Preiss (1995), Mongols and Mamluks: The Mamluk-Īlkhānid War, 1260-1281, pp. 179–225. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-46226-6.