Al-Malik Az-Zahir Sayf ad-Din Barquq (Arabic: الملك الظاهر سيف الدين برقوق; born c. 1336) was the first Sultan of the Circassian Mamluk Burji dynasty of...

Egypt, and the government was taken over by the Circassians Berekeh and Barkuk. Barkuk was proclaimed sultan in 1382, ending the Bahri dynasty. He was expelled...

alterations were made to the fortifications apart from repairs such as Sultan Barkuk's restoration of the moat in preparation for Timur's arrival. Material from...

south by Wadi Thamran and Hada Mountain, to the north by Wadi Al-Ghayl and Barkuk Mountain, and to the east by Wadi Natan and the foothills of Sarat Al-Hajar...

236–237. Luke 1975b, p. 367, The Death of Peter II of Cyprus. Wiet, G., "Barḳūḳ", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Ed. P. Bearman, et al. Bosworth...