What was Baybars' nationality?
Iranian
Turkish
Egyptian/Syrian
Arab
Answer
Baybars was born in 1223 in the city of Al-Quseir, Egypt. He was of Turkish origin, and his family had migrated to Egypt from Syria. Baybars was a Mamluk slave, and he rose through the ranks of the Mamluk military to become the sultan of Egypt in 1260.
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