an-Nasir Faraj

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an-Nasir Faraj was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria from the Burji dynasty, known for his troubled reign marked by internal strife and external threats in the early 15th century.

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an-Nasir Faraj canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mamluk sultan
historical figure
ruler
associatedWith Burji Mamluk period
Cairo political factions
capital Cairo
causeOfInstability economic difficulties
factional struggles among emirs
plague outbreaks
conflictType Bedouin revolts
Timurid invasions
linked to: Timurid conquests

civil wars within the Mamluk elite
deathYear 1412
dynasty Burji Mamluk dynasty
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate

Burji dynasty
era late medieval period
father Barquq
fullName al-Malik an-Nasir Faraj
geopoliticalRole defender of Mamluk frontiers
governmentForm sultanate
historicalReputation weak and embattled ruler
knownFor facing external threats
internal strife
troubled reign
languageOfCourt Arabic
notableEnemy Timur (Tamerlane)
linked to: Timur
placeOfRule Citadel of Cairo
linked to: Cairo Citadel
politicalStatus sovereign ruler
powerBase Mamluk military elite
predecessor Barquq
regionRuled Levant
linked to: Levant region
reignEnd 1412
reignPeriod early 15th century
reignStart 1399
religion Islam
ruled Egypt
Syria
sphereOfInfluence Eastern Mediterranean
Red Sea trade routes
state Mamluk Sultanate
successionType hereditary succession from his father
successor al-Mu’ayyad Shaykh
territorialContext Egypt under Mamluk rule
Syria under Mamluk rule
title Sultan of Egypt and Syria

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Barquq successor an-Nasir Faraj
Barquq child an-Nasir Faraj