Nasir-ad-Din Faraj

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Nasir-ad-Din Faraj (Urdu; Arabic; Persian: ناصر الدین فرج ; r.1399-1411 CE) 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 Timur Beg Gurkani, incessant rebellions in Cairo, endless conflicts with the Emirs of Syria (with the Sultan and also amongst themselves), along with plague and famine which reduced the population of the kingdom to one-third.^[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, 1411 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]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 William Muir (1896). The Mameluke; or, Slave dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, A. D. Smith, Elder. p. 245. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

Regnal titles
Preceded by Sayf-ad-Din Barquq	Mamluk Sultan of Egypt 1399 - 1405	Succeeded by Izz-ad-Din Abdal-Aziz
Preceded by Izz-ad-Din Abdal-Aziz	Mamluk Sultan of Egypt 1405 - 1412	Succeeded by Al-Musta'in Billah

Persondata
Name	Nasir-ad-Din Faraj
Alternative names
Short description	Sultan of Egypt
Date of birth	1386
Place of birth
Date of death	1411
Place of death

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