Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Salihi

Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Salihi was a Mamluk commander during the reign of the Ayyubid Sultan As-Salih Ayyub.

Biography
Baybars was imprisoned along with his master As-Salih Ayyub and Shajar al-Durr in Al-Karak by An-Nasir Dawud, when Ayyub was deposed as Emir of Damascus. In June 1240, he accompanied Ayyub to Cairo, where Ayyub became the Ayyubid ruler of Egypt. In October 1244, Baybars led the Ayyubid army and Khwarezmian mercenaries to a decisive victory over the Syro-Frankish forces at the Battle of La Forbie.

Later, the Khwarezmians launched a rebellion in the Damascus region and reached out to their former commander, Rukn al-Din, who was in charge of the troops remaining in Gaza. Accused of conspiring with the Khwarezmians, Rukn al-Din was recalled to Egypt by As-Salih Ayyub, imprisoned, and later executed.

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