Author: Khowaiter, Abdul-Aziz
Title: Baibars the First: His Endeavours and Achievements
Description: London, Green Mountain Press, 1978. orig.cloth. 22x14cm, xiv,210 pp. Textual maps.. Some rubbing. Page-eges spotted. Good+, in a soiled dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Baibar's Early Life: The Bahri Regiment; His Childhood and Enslavement; In the Service of Al-Sahib; The Death of Al-Sahib; The Struggle for Power: Against Turan-Shah; Against Aibak; Baibars in Exile; Saif Al-Din Qutuz; Baibars's Activities in Syria; Reconciliation with Qutuz; Battle of Ain Jalut (Spring of Goliath); Baibars as Sultan: The Attainment of Sovereignty; Internal Policy and Methods; Measures against Al-Halabi; Measures against the Aziziz and Nasiris; Measures against Al- Malik Al-Mughith; The Abbasi Caliphate in Egypt; Aspects of Baibars's Method of Control; Seriousness; Severity; Secrecy; Espionage; The 'Barid'; External Policy and Method; His Relations with the Rulers of the Golden Horde; Hostility between Bereke and the Ilkhan of Persia; Baibars's First Contact with Bereke; Bereke's First Reaction; Bereke's First Diplomatic Mission; Bereke's First Mission; Solidarity of Friendship; Friendly Relations with Bereke's Successor; Contact with other Officials of the Golden Horde; Further Contact with Mangutimur; His Relations with the Ilkhans of Persia; Preoccupations of the Ilkhans of Persia; Mongol Attack on Syria; Baibars's Activities in Iraq and Persia; The Mongol Reaction; Abagha's Succession; Fresh Mongol Danger; Further Struggle for Ahagha; Negotiations for Peace; A Mongol Hostile Action; Mongol Coalition with the Franks; Baibars's Reaction; Mongol Attack; Negotiations with the Mongols; Hostility Resumed; Further Mongol Activities; Negotiations between the Perwaneh and Baibars; Attack on Cilicia; Mongol Siege of Al-Bira;..

Keywords: Baibars al-Bunduqdar, Medieval Egypt, Crusades, al-Zahir Baibars, Ayyubite Dynasty, Islamic History, Historiography, Biography,