Fals - al Zahir Barquq Hamah mint

Barquq was the first Burji (Circassian) sultan of the Mamluks, seizing power in 1382 and briefly losing it in 1389 before retaking Cairo the following year — placing this Hamah issue squarely within his restored reign. The Burji succession broke sharply from the Bahri dynasty that preceded it, and Barquq's mints were active across Syria and Egypt as he worked to consolidate legitimacy through administrative and monetary presence.

Hamah, a provincial Syrian mint, struck relatively few copper fals under Barquq, making Bal II#597 a scarcer provincial type than its Cairo contemporaries.