al-Malik al-Sa'id Baraka Khan

الملك السعيد بركة خان

c. 1260 CE · c. 658 AH – c. March 1280 CE · c. Dhu al-Qa'da 678 AH

Baybars's son and heir at eighteen — 'fair, generous, sweet-natured, just and gentle'; deposed to Karak within months and dead suddenly there mid-Dhu al-Qa'da 678, carried a year and a half later into his father's turba; his brother Khidr followed 1.

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Roles
sultan
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Egypt & Nile · Levant & Iraq
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Place in the story

    Sunni (transmitted)

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    Overview

    Al-Malik al-Sa'id Baraka Khan, Nasir al-Din Abu'l-Ma'ali Muhammad b. al-Malik al-Zahir Baybars; he succeeded his father in Safar 676 — a handsome, generous youth of fine disposition, just, gentle, beneficent and loving of good, at eighteen years of age. 1

    Deposition and death

    They deposed him and he resided at Karak some months, then died almost suddenly in mid-Dhu'l-Qa'da at Karak castle; a year and a half later he was moved to his father's mausoleum, and his brother Khidr ruled after him. 1

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    Sibling of
    al-Malik al-Adil Salamish
    Child of
    al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars
    Successor of
    al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars

    People and things also explored

    al-Malik al-Adil Salamish· al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars· The battle of Ayn Jalut and the defeat of the Tatars· Baybars takes Jaffa, Beaufort and Antioch, 666· Baybars takes Caesarea and Arsuf, 663· Baybars raids Cilicia, 673· Death of al-Zahir Baybars, 676· Baybars takes Hisn al-Akrad and Akkar, 669

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 632
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    islam.museum contributors. “al-Malik al-Sa'id Baraka Khan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-malik-al-said-baraka/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.

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    al-Malik al-Adil Salamish

    Baybars's son — sultan for three months after al-Sa'id's deposition, then set aside; al-Ashraf Khalil shipped him and his brother al-Khidr to Constantinople, where he died at about twenty.