Al-Sa'id Baraka
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Baraka was born in Cairo, Egypt. 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 circu
A dinar of Mamluk Sultan Baraka minted in Alexandria in 1277/78
Khalidi Library
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The Khalidi Library is a library and archive in the Old City of Jerusalem. It was established in 1900, under Ottoman rule.
Al-Sa'id Baraka
…الملك السعيد ناصر الدين بركة) was a Turkic Sultan who ruled from 1277 to 1279 after the death of his father Baibars. His mother was a daughter of Barka Khan, a former Khwarazmian emir. Baraka was born in Cairo, Egypt. His succession went smoothly, and he set about limiting the power of the emirs from his…
Khalidi Library, 2015
Khalidi Library, from the opening c. 1900. From right: Hajj Raghib al-Khalidi, Sheikh Taher al-Jaza’ireh (from Damascus), Sheikh Musa Shafiq al-Khalidi, Sheikh Khalil al-Khalidi, Sheikh Muhammad al-Habbal (from Beirut)