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Baybars I

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Baybars I , 1223-77, Mamluk sultan (1260-77) of Egypt and Syria. Once a Turkish slave, Baybars became a commander of the Ayyubid and then Mamluk armies. In 1260 he led Mamluk troops to victory against the Mongols at the Battle of Ayn Jalut. When reporting to the sultan, Baybars killed him with a sword and became the fourth Mamluk sultan. His reign was marked by continuous military campaigns against Persian Mongols and Christian crusaders. He died in Damascus by mistakenly drinking poison. Author not available, BAYBARS I. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007... Read more

Baybars I
...established efficient postal service between Cairo and Damascus. The Sirat Baybars , a folk account purporting to be his life story, is still popular in the Arabic-speaking world. Baybars I Baybars I Baybars I Read more

khanaqah
...cells around three sides of the perimeter, with an assembly-hall on the fourth ( qibla ) side. An example is in the complex of Baybars al-Jashankir, Cairo (early C14). At the shrine of Char Bakr, near Bukhara (1559–69), the khanaqah is placed between... Read more

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	PARADISE LOST: IBN DANIYAL'S RESPONSE TO BAYBARS' CAMPAIGN AGAINST VICE IN CAIRO. ; Mamluk Sultan al-Zahir Baybars' (r. 1260-77) campaign against vice...MAY 1267, the Mamluk Sultan al-Zahir Baybars (r. 1260-77) launched a campaign to...first-hand account of a colorful episode in Baybars' legacy, but is also a fine piece of... Read more
	AL-ZAHER BAYBARS IN KAZAKHSTAN ; Minister of Information Anas el-Fiqi has dedicated a version of "Al-Zaher Baybars" serial to Kazakhstan in appreciation for its role during the shooting of the serial there in addition to providing the support on all levels for the serial team. Read more
	Megamergers reshape supply landscape. ; ...companies in such industries as oil and automobiles, according to Ilker Baybars, senior deputy dean at the Carnegie Mellon University's Graduate Business School in Pittsburgh. Baybars says megamergers are aimed at keeping the surviving companies competitive... Read more
	Turn for the better: Centuries-old Islamic text meets space-age technology.(News) ; Zulfiqar Bukhari, from the Acquisitions Section of the British Library, turns the pages of the electronic version of Sultan Baybars' Qur'an, inside the British Library in London yesterday. The book, first produced in Cairo 700 years ago, is the first Islamic... Read more
	3am: SURVEILLANCE.(Features) ; ...Gaffe Italian restaurant, Hampstead... Ewan McGregor, left, stepping out of the Everyman Cinema, Hampstead... Liam Gallagher browsing in Kristin Baybars toy shop, Gospel Oak... Phil Kay stoking the fire at the Dartmouth Arms Pub, Parliament Hill. Read more
	(book reviews) ; ...formation - under the aegis of the sultan Baybars (1260-77) - of a new caliphate, albeit...the Mamluk sultans (first Qutuz and then Baybars) tried to manipulate them for their own...recognized one after the other as caliphs by Baybars. These puppet caliphs played a certain... Read more
	Ancient Quran added to collection ; ...announced last week that the ancient holy book, known as Sultan Baybars' Quran, joins texts from Christianity, Judaism and Buddhism...and was produced for the Mamluk ruler of Egypt, Rukn al-Din Baybars al- Jashnagir. It's "considered a masterpiece of Islamic calligraphy... Read more
	Secret London: The toys that time forgot The Magic Toyshop ; ...like notice, an astounding world awaits. Visiting Kristin Baybars' shop is like being inside a kaleidoscope. The shelf-lined...floor, and some of the pieces are missing." "Ah," says Kristin Baybars. "That makes it even more realistic." m Read more
	Good read.(News) ; A 700-year-old Koran, of religious and cultural importance, is now available to the public at the touch of a button thanks to pioneering technology at the British Library. Sultan Baybars' Koran is thought to be the first major Islamic text electronically available. Read more
	From Slave to Sultan: The Career of al-Mansur Qalawun and the Consolidation of Mamluk Rule in Egypt and Syria (678-689 A.H./1279-1290).(Review) ; ...established by his colleague and predecessor as sultan, al-Zahir Baybars. Northrup thus places Qalawun in the center of the process...wider in range than his predecessors al-Malik al-Salih and Baybars. Central to her argument is a careful analysis of the titulature... Read more

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	EGYPT: AL-ZAHER BAYBARS IN KAZAKHSTAN.
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	EGYPT: INFORMATION MINISTER RECEIVES HIS KAZAKH COUNTERPART.

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