Faraj, al-Malik al-Nāṣir - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Petry, Carl Forbes
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Al-Malik al-Nāṣir Zayn al-Dīn Abū l-Saʿādāt Faraj b. al-Ẓāhir Barqūq b. Anas (791-815/1389-1412), was the twenty-sixth Mamlūk sultan of Egypt, and the second of the Circassian sultans. Born in Cairo, Faraj ("Joy") succeeded to the sultanate upon his father's death, on 15 Shawwāl 801/20 June 1399, as a figurehead formally enthroned while several senior officers contended for ultimate control. Their incapacity to resolve the ensuing power struggle prompted their recognition of Faraj's majority while he was still an