Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Salihi

Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Salihi was a Mamluk commander during the reign of the Ayyubid Sultan As-Salih Ayyub.

For other uses, see Baibars (disambiguation).

Biography

Baybars was imprisoned along with his master As-Salih Ayyub, when was deposed from his rule as Emir of Damascus, and Shajar al-Durr in Kerak by An-Nasir Dawud.[1][2] In June 1240, he accompanied Ayyub to Cairo, as the latter became the Ayyubid ruler of Egypt. In October 1244, Baybars led the Ayyubid army and Khwarezmian mercenaries to roundly defeat the Syro-Frankish forces at the battle of La Forbie.[2]

Later on, the Khawarazmians launched a rebellion in the region of Damascus, and wrote to their former commander, Rukn al-Din,[lower-alpha 1] who was in command of the troops remaining at Gaza.[3] Accused of conspiring with the Khawarazmians, Rukn al-Din was recalled to Egypt by As-Salih Ayyub and imprisoned, then later executed.[4]

Notes
  1. Ibn Taghribirdi reported that Rukn al-Din's mother was of Khawarazmian origin.

References
  1. Al-Maqrizi, p.419/vol.1
  2. Humphreys 1977, p. 275.
  3. Humphreys 1977, pp. 284–285.
  4. Humphreys 1977, p. 285, considers it hard to credit the rumour of Rukn al-Din's involvement, since he could not have gained much from an alliance with the Khawarazmians.

Sources
  • Al-Maqrizi, Al Selouk Leme'refatt Dewall al-Melouk, Dar al-kotob, 1997.
  • Humphreys, R. Stephen (1977), From Saladin to the Mongols: The Ayyubids of Damascus, 1193–1260, Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, ISBN 0-87395-263-4
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