Beybars, or BIBARS, the Mameluke commander who in 1250 defeated St Louis at Damietta, became Sultan of Egypt in 1260, warred victoriously with Christians and Tatars, took Damascus and Antioch, and died at Damascus in 1277.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 113
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