Nasir-ad-Din Faraj

Nasir-ad-Din Faraj (r. 1399–1411) was born in 1386 and succeeds his father Sayf-ad-Din Barquq as the second Sultan of the Burji dynasty of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt in July 1399 with the title Al-Nasir.

He is only thirteen years old when he becomes Sultan on the sudden death of his father.

His reign is marked by anarchy, pandemonium and chaos with invasions of Tamerlane (Timur Leng, or Timur Beg Gurkani), incessant rebellions in Cairo, endless conflicts with the Emirs of Syria (with the Sultan and also amongst themselves), along with plague and famine, which reduces the population of the kingdom to one-third.

During the end of his reign he becomes a tyrannical ruler which eventually leads him into his seventh and final conflict with the Syrian Emirs at Baalbek.

Defeated in battle, he flees to the citadel of Damascus.

Unable to escape, he surrenders and on May 23, 1411 he is stabbed to death in his prison cell by a hired assassin.

The Emirs place on the throne as a temporary measure Caliph Al-Musta'in Billah.

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