Baybars takes the sultanate, 658 AH

مولد السلطنة: تولي بيبرس العرش 658هـ

1260 CE · 658 AH – 1260 CE · 658 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Cairo

Al-Zahir Baybars was acclaimed sultan of Egypt and Syria after Ayn Jalut in 658/1260, opening the Bahri Mamluk era 1.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile · Levant & Iraq
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Cairo

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al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars
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People and things also explored

Al-Zahir Baybars· Al-Azhar Mosque· The Dar al-Hikma of Cairo· The battle of Ayn Jalut and the defeat of the Tatars· Baybars takes Jaffa, Beaufort and Antioch, 666· Baybars takes Caesarea and Arsuf, 663· Baybars raids Cilicia, 673· Death of al-Zahir Baybars, 676

Sources

  1. Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998)
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A Syrian-Emirati series on Sultan al-Zahir Baybars — from the Mamluk ranks to the defeat of the Mongols at Ain Jalut; among the largest Arabic productions on the Mamluk era.