al-Din Baibars al-Bunduqdari (also spelled Baybars ) ( Arabic : الملك* ‬الظاهر* ‬ركن* ‬الدين* ‬بيبرس* ‬البندقداري) (1223 – July 1 , 1277 ) was a Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria . He was a Kipchak Turk [1] [2] captured and sold in Kipchak steppe. It was said that he was