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Barqūq

Mamlūk ruler of Egypt

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fortification of Damanhūr

In Damanhūr
…14th century the Mamlūk caliph Barqūq restored its fortifications to thwart Bedouin incursions.
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relationship to Faraj

In Faraj
Faraj’s father, Barqūq, died in 1399. While he was a child, two guardians, representing the rival Turkish and Circassian factions, acted for him. As the result of feuds between their factions, Faraj was deposed on Sept. 20, 1405, and his brother al-Malik al-Manṣūr replaced him; but Faraj…
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services of Ibn Khaldūn

In Ibn Khaldūn: Journey to Egypt
…new Mamlūk ruler of Egypt, Barqūq, with whom he was to remain on good terms except for one or two brief periods of misunderstanding, appointed him to a professorship of jurisprudence at the Quamḥiyyah college and, within five months, made him chief judge of the Mālikī rite, one of the…
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