An-Nasir Faraj

An-Nasir Faraj
An-Nasir Faraj
	Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq in Cairo
Sultan of Egypt and Syria
Reign	June 1399 – 20 September 1405
Predecessor	Barquq
Successor	Izz ad-Din Abd al-Aziz
Sultan of Egypt and Syria
Reign	28 November 1405 – 23 May 1412
Predecessor	Izz ad-Din Abd al-Aziz
Successor	Abu’l-Faḍl Abbas Al-Musta'in bi'llah
Born	c. 1386
Died	23 May 1412 (aged 25–26); Damascus
Spouse	Khawand Fatima; Lâ Aflaha man Zalama; Thuraiya;
Issue	Ghars ad-Din Khalil; Khawand Asiya; Khawand Satita; Khawand Shakra;
Father	Sayf-ad-Din Barquq
Mother	Khawand Shirin
Religion	Sunni Islam

Al-Nasir Faraj or Nasir-ad-Din Faraj (Arabic: الناصر زين الدين فرج; r. 1399–1405, 1405–1412) also Faraj ibn Barquq was born in 1386 and succeeded his father Sayf-ad-Din Barquq as the second Sultan of the Burji dynasty of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt in July 1399 with the title Al-Nasir.^[1] He was only thirteen years old when he became Sultan on the sudden death of his father.^[1] His reign was marked by anarchy, pandemonium and chaos with invasions of Tamerlane (Timur Leng, or Timur Beg Gurkani), including the sack of Damascus in 1400, incessant rebellions in Cairo, endless conflicts with the Emirs of Syria (with the Sultan and also amongst themselves),^[2] along with plague and famine which reduced the population of the kingdom to one-third.^[1]

In September 1405, Faraj was afraid from the surrounding conspiracies, so he escaped his reign after emir Saad al-Din bin Ghurab convinced him and was replaced briefly by his brother Izz ad-Din Abd al-Aziz, then he regained his position in November the same year by Saad al-Din.^[1]

During the end of his reign he became a tyrannical ruler which eventually led him into his seventh and final conflict with the Syrian Emirs at Baalbek. Defeated in battle he fled to the Citadel of Damascus.^[1] Unable to escape, he surrendered and on May 23, 1412 he was stabbed to death in his prison cell by a hired assassin.^[1] The Emirs placed on the throne as a temporary measure Caliph Al-Musta'in Billah.^[1] Faraj was buried in Bab al-Faradis cemetery in Damascus.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Muir, William (1896). The Mameluke; or, Slave dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, A. D. Smith, Elder. pp. 121−128.
^ Onimus, Clément (2019). Les maîtres du jeu : Pouvoir et violence politique à l'aube du sultanat mamlouk circassien (784-815/1382-1412) (in French). Éditions de la Sorbonne. ISBN 9791035105440.

[Muir-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Muir, William (1896). The Mameluke; or, Slave dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, A. D. Smith, Elder. pp. 121−128.

[2] Onimus, Clément (2019). Les maîtres du jeu : Pouvoir et violence politique à l'aube du sultanat mamlouk circassien (784-815/1382-1412) (in French). Éditions de la Sorbonne. ISBN 9791035105440.

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