Baibars II
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Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Jashnagir, or Baibars II Arabic: ركن الدين بيبرس الجاشنكير Mamluk Sultan of Egypt in the 14th century.
Baibars II (also written Baybars) was a slave-soldier who ruled for a short period from 1309 to 1310 A.D.[1] (http://www.hostkingdom.net/egypt.html). He came to power by driving away Mohammed II who returned in 1310 and had Baibars killed.
See also
Not to be confused with his more famous namesake, Baibars I.
External links
- Quran manuscript commissioned by Baibars II (http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/treasures.html)
- Complex of Baibars al-Jashnagir (http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=3345)