Ruler
Baybars
Mamluk sultan
1260 – 1277
Regnal years; born c. 1223 CE.
Biography
A Mamluk commander who took part in the defeat of the Mongols at ʿAyn Jalut in 1260 CE, then became sultan. He re-established the Abbasid caliphate in Cairo, built a fast postal network, and fought long wars against the Crusaders and Mongols.
Key facts
Certainty: Established
A Mamluk army under Sultan Qutuz, with Baybars, defeated the Mongols at the battle of ʿAyn Jalut in 1260 CE.
- Robert Irwin (1986) “The Middle East in the Middle Ages: The Early Mamluk Sultanate 1250–1382” Croom Helm