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 ⓘ