An-Nasir Faraj
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Al-Nasir Faraj or Nasir-ad-Din Faraj, also Faraj ibn Barquq, was the sultan of the Circassian Burji dynasty of the Mamluk Sultanate from 1399 to 1412 with the title Al-Nasir. He was only 13 years old
Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq in Cairo
Siege of Damascus (1400)
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The siege of Damascus was a major event in 1400–01 during the war between the Timurid Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate.
An-Nasir Faraj
…of his father Sayf-ad-Din Barquq. His reign was marked by anarchy, pandemonium and chaos with the Timur's invasions, including the sack of Aleppo and Damascus in 1400, incessant rebellions in Cairo, endless conflicts with the Emirs of Syria (with the Sultan and also amongst themselves), along with plague and…
Siege of Damascus (detail). Timur watches the flames as the city burns. Ẓafarnāmah, 16th century, Shiraz (British Library, IO Islamic 137)
Timur defeating the Mamluk Sultan Nasir-ad-Din Faraj