Al-Said Barakah

Berke Qan (Arabic: الملك السعيد ناصر الدين محمد بركة قان al -Malik al- Nasir ad-Din Sa'id Muhammad Baraka Qan, DMG al -Malik al- Sa ʿ īd Nasir ad -Din Muhammad Baraka Qan, Throne name: al- Malik as -Said Nasir ad-Din Baraka, * 1258, † 1280 ) was Sultan of the Mamluks in Egypt from 1277 to 1279.

Berke Qan had been appointed as the successor of his father, Sultan Baybars ( 1260-1277 ). He could take over control in 1277 initially as well. But he was a weak ruler and was under the influence of his Mongolian mother. When he removed the followers of his father from office, took to the opposition. 1279 forced his father Qalawun the resignation of Berke Qan. It was allocated to Transjordan as an independent dominion Kerak. His only seven years old brother Solamisch (Turkish: Sülemiş; throne name: al -Malik al - Adil Badr al-Din Salamisch, † 1291 ) was a proposal and guardianship Qalawuns new Sultan of Egypt. In December of the same year this was deposed by Qualawun and later went to his brother into exile. Qualawun now made ​​himself the Sultan and prevented the seizure of another son of Baibars, Khidr, which he granted dominion over Montreal near Kerak. This prevents the formation of a dynasty had failed by Baibars. Qalawun was new Sultan (1279-1290) and established the Bahri dynasty.

Berke Qan was buried beside his father in the mausoleum of the as- Zahiriya Library in Damascus.