Coins of Baybars II
Baybars al-Jashankir assumed power during the second reign of al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun after the latter left Cairo and retired to Karak. However, al-Jashankir's rule was short-lived, as he failed to gain the loyalty of the elite or even the support of the common people. The country's situation deteriorated, and dangers and threats multiplied. After approximately a year, al-Nasir Muhammad returned…
Coins of Baybars II
The coins of Baybars II – al-Jashankir – are among the rarest of the rare, due to the short period of his rule and perhaps also because of al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun’s keenness to erase his memory. Just as al-Nasir ordered the removal of the name al-Jashankir written on the khanqah that he had built, he may also have ordered the melting down of the dirhams and dinars that bore his name and re-minted them.
Some people make a mistake in classifying the coins of Baybars II because of the similarity of his name to that of Baybars I. However, we should note that the title of the first is Al-Zahir, while the title of the second is Al-Muzaffar. Likewise, the first is attributed to his teacher, King Al-Salih Ayyub, and is called Baybars Al-Salihi, while the second is attributed to his teacher, King Al-Mansur Qalawun, and is called Baybars Al-Mansuri. Moreover, the nickname of the second is Abu Al-Fath, and it has appeared on some of his dinars.
Here we present two examples of dinars from Baybars II
The first dinar was minted in Cairo and the second in Damascus.
Both were struck in the year 709 AH
