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{{Short description|Sultan of Egypt and Syria (r. 1277–1279)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Al-Sa'id Baraka
| title        = al-Malik al-Sa'id Nasir al-Din
| image        = Barakah coin.jpg
| caption      = A dinar of Mamluk Sultan Baraka minted in Alexandria in 1277/78
| succession   = [[List of Mamluk sultans|Sultan of Egypt]]
| reign        = 3 July 1277 – August 1279
| coronation   =
| full name    =
| native_lang1 = Birth name
| native_lang1_name1 = Muhammed Baraka Qan<br />{{lang|ar|محمد بركة قان}}
| native_lang2 = Royal name
| native_lang2_name1 = al-Malik al-Sa'id Nasir al-Din Baraka<br />{{lang|ar|الملك السعيد ناصر الدين بركة}}
| predecessor  = [[Baibars|Al-Zahir Baibars al-Bunduqdari]]
| successor    = [[Solamish|Badr al-Din Solamish]]
| spouse       = Ghaziya Khatun
| issue        =
| house        = Zahiri
| dynasty      = [[Bahri dynasty|Bahri]]
| father       = [[Baibars|al-Zahir Baibars al-Bunduqdari]]
| mother       =
| birth_date   = 1260
| birth_place  = [[Cairo]], [[Mamluk Sultanate|Egypt]]
| death_date   = {{death year and age|1280|1260}}
| death_place  = [[Al Karak]], [[Jordan]]
| date of burial =
| place of burial =
| religion     = [[Islam]]
}}
[[Image:Bahri Dynasty 1250 - 1382 (AD).PNG|thumb|200px|Dominion of Bahri Mamluks ( red )]]
'''Al-Sa'id Baraka''' (1260–1280; birthname: '''Muhammed Baraka Qan''' ({{langx|ar|محمد بركة قان}}), royal name: '''al-Malik al-Sa'id Nasir al-Din Baraka''' ({{lang|ar|الملك السعيد ناصر الدين بركة}}) was a [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] [[Sultan]] who ruled  from 1277 to 1279 after the death of his father [[Baibars]]. His mother was a daughter of [[Khalidi Library#Turba Baraka Khan|Barka Khan]], a former [[Khwarazmian dynasty|Khwarazmian]] emir.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qR_qAAAAMAAJ   |title=Mamluk Jerusalem |year=1987|author=Burgoyne, Michael Hamilton |page=110 |publisher=British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem by the World of Islam Festival Trust |isbn=090503533X}}</ref>
Baraka was born in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]. His succession went smoothly, and he set about limiting the power of the emirs from his father's administration.  One, his father's viceroy, died under suspicious circumstances.  Others were jailed and then released. In their place, Baraka promoted his own mamluks.  He also sent [[Qalawun]] and Baysari, two of the most powerful emirs, to raid [[Cilician Armenia]] and [[Qal'at al-Rum]] in 1279, as a way of keeping them busy and away from the seat of power.  Each had 10,000 troops. Baraka's plan was to have both of them arrested on their return, but another amir, Kuvenduk, warned them of the plan, and when they returned, Baraka was forced to abdicate.  His seven-year-old brother [[Sulamish]] was placed on the throne in his place, under the guardianship of [[Qalawun]], who became the effective sultan.
==Personal life==
His only wife was Ghaziya Khatun. She was the daughter of Sultan [[Qalawun]]. She was betrothed to him on 28 May 1276, with a dowry of five thousand dinars. The wedding took place on 8 June 1277.<ref name="Northrup">{{cite book |first=Linda |last=Northrup |title=From Slave to Sultan: The Career of al-Mansur Qaldwun and the Consolidation of Mamluk Rule in Egypt and Syria (678-689 A.H./1279-1290 A.D.) |location=Stuttgart |year=1998 |isbn=3-515-06861-9 | pages = 75, 142}}</ref> She died in August 1288.<ref name="Northrup"/>
==Death==
Exiled to [[Al Karak]] fortress, in [[Jordan]], he died there in 1280.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [[Reuven Amitai-Preiss]] (1995), ''Mongols and Mamluks: The Mamluk-Īlkhānid War, 1260-1281'', pp.&nbsp;179–225. Cambridge University Press, {{ISBN|0-521-46226-6}}.
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