Al-Sa'id Baraka (1260–1280; birthname: Muhammed Baraka Qan (), royal name: al-Malik al-Sa'id Nasir al-Din Baraka () was a Turkic

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who ruled from 1277 to 1279 after the death of his father

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. His mother was a daughter of Barka Khan, a former Khwarazmian emir. Baraka was born in

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. His succession went smoothly, and he set about limiting the power of the emirs from his father's administration. One, his father's viceroy, died under suspicious circumstances. Others were jailed and then released. In their place, Baraka promoted his own mamluks. He also sent

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and Baysari, two of the most powerful emirs, to raid

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and Qal'at al-Rum in 1279, as a way of keeping them busy and away from the seat of power. Each had 10,000 troops. Baraka's plan was to have both of them arrested on their return, but another amir, Kuvenduk, warned them of the plan, and when they returned, Baraka was forced to abdicate. His seven-year-old brother Sulamish was placed on the throne in his place, under the guardianship of

, who became the effective sultan.

Personal life

His only wife was Ghaziya Khatun. She was the daughter of Sultan

. She was betrothed to him on 28 May 1276, with a dowry of five thousand dinars. The wedding took place on 8 June 1277. She died in August 1288.

Death

Exiled to Al Karak fortress, in

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, he died there in 1280.

References

* Reuven Amitai-Preiss (1995), ''Mongols and Mamluks: The Mamluk-Īlkhānid War, 1260-1281'', pp. 179–225. Cambridge University Press, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Baraka, Al-Said 1260 births 1280 deaths Royalty from Cairo Bahri sultans 13th-century Mamluk sultans People of Cuman descent