Barquq

Al -Malik az- Zahir Sayf al -Din Barquq (also Barkuk; Arab الملك الظاهر سيف الدين برقوق, DMG al -Malik Az- Zahir Sayf al - Dīn Barquq; * 1339, † 1399 ) was from 1382 to 1389 and 1390 - 1399 Sultan of the Mamluks in Egypt.

Barquq (ie, " plum " ) was Circassian descent and began his rise under Emir Yalbugha († 1366), the ruler of the Bahri sultans al - Mansur Muhammad and al - Ashraf Sha'ban, which is why he was known as al - Yalbughawi. After he ascended the throne in 1382, the Muslim jurists of him turned away as an emerging movement among the Muslims regarded the Abbasid Caliphs as the rightful ruler and again wanted to use in their temporal power. When finally broke a revolt of the northern Syrian emirs, the situation for Barquq in Cairo became untenable and he fled in 1389 to Kerak in Jordan area. The rebellious emirs translated Pilgrimage Holiday II for the second time as a Sultan, but broke with them soon infighting from.

So Barquq 1390 could beat his opponents and take the government again. He established the rule of the Burj - Mamluk that was to last 1517 to the end of the empire. The previously dominant Bahri Mamluk - lost meaning. Barquq initially succeeded in bringing peace to the country, the suppression of the opposition of the other Mamlukenemire as well as the suppression of the uprising in northern Syria. To consolidate his power, he established a guard, which consisted mainly of Greek, Turkish and Mongolian Mamluks. In order to alleviate the plight of the lower classes, some taxes were lowered and extended care for the poorest.

Under Barquq especially the literature were promoted in the aftermath science and art. So Ibn Khaldun Barquq appointed Oberkadi of Cairo and supported the dissemination of mystical brotherhoods. While Barquqs rule, the country was again hit by several epidemics, which increasingly affected agriculture. At the end of his reign, there were also tensions with Timur Lenk. However Barquq died before the outbreak of war in 1399. Was succeeded by his son Faraj ( 1399-1412 ).

• Sultan (Egypt)
• Burj - Mamluk
• Born in 1339
• Died in 1399
• Man