Rukn ad-Din Baybars al-Ala'i al-Hajib was a prominent ''
mamluk
Mamluk ( ar, مملوك, mamlūk (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural), translated as "one who is owned", meaning " slave", also transliterated as ''Mameluke'', ''mamluq'', ''mamluke'', ''mameluk'', ''mameluke'', ''mamaluke'', or ''marmeluke'') ...
'' of
Bahri sultan
al-Nasir Muhammad
Al-Malik an-Nasir Nasir ad-Din Muhammad ibn Qalawun ( ar, الملك الناصر ناصر الدين محمد بن قلاوون), commonly known as an-Nasir Muhammad ( ar, الناصر محمد), or by his kunya: Abu al-Ma'ali () or as Ibn Qal ...
in the early 14th-century. He served as the governor of a number of provinces throughout the
Cairo
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-based
Mamluk Sultanate
The Mamluk Sultanate ( ar, سلطنة المماليك, translit=Salṭanat al-Mamālīk), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz (western Arabia) from the mid-13th to early 16th ...
.
[Sharon, 2009, p. 83.]
An-Nasir Muhammad appointed Baybars ''
na'ib
Nawab ( Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب;
bn, নবাব/নওয়াব;
hi, नवाब;
Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ;
Persian,
Punjabi ,
Sindhi,
Urdu: ), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Nobab, ...
'' ("governor") of
Gaza in 1307–08. During his term, he restored the former
Crusader castle of Gaza which had been in ruins as a result of the previous wars with the Crusaders. The marble slab containing the inscription that honored Baybars' restoration work is currently located in the
Great Mosque of Gaza
The Great Mosque of Gaza ( ar, المسجد غزة الكبير, transliteration: ''al-Masjid Ghazza al-Kabīr''), also known as the Great Omari Mosque ( ar, المسجد العمري الكبير, transliteration: ''al-Masjid al-ʿUmarī al-Kab ...
. His term ended in late 1309-early 1310 with the accession of
al-Muzaffar Baybars to the sultanate after quietly ousting an-Nasir Muhammad.
Baybars al-Ala'i remained loyal to the latter during his exile in
al-Karak
Al-Karak ( ar, الكرك), is a city in Jordan known for its medieval castle, the Kerak Castle. The castle is one of the three largest castles in the region, the other two being in Syria. Al-Karak is the capital city of the Karak Governorate.
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and aided an-Nasir Muhammad's return to the throne by 1310. Afterward, in 1311, Baybars was appointed ''na'ib'' of
Homs
Homs ( , , , ; ar, حِمْص / ALA-LC: ; Levantine Arabic: / ''Ḥomṣ'' ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa ( ; grc, Ἔμεσα, Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level ...
, serving for a brief term. Sometime between 1312 and 1313, he died in al-Karak.
References
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1313 deaths
Bahri dynasty
Mamluk emirs
Year of birth unknown
History of Gaza City
14th-century Kipchaks
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