Barquq, Sultan · First Circassian sultan

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RulerSultan · First Circassian sultan

Barquqالظاهر برقوق

Cairo

The first sultan of the Circassian Mamluks, who appointed Ibn Khaldun a judge in Cairo.

He seized the throne from Qalawun's line, lost it, and won it back in 1390. He made Ibn Khaldun the Maliki chief judge and built a great madrasa on Cairo's main street.

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