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===July&ndash;September===
* [[July 7]] &ndash; [[Mamluk campaigns against Cyprus (1424–1426)|Battle of Khirokitia]]: King [[Janus of Cyprus]] is defeated and captured by the [[Mamluks]] and brought to Egypt, where he is ransomed after ten months.
* [[August 16]] &ndash; (11 [[Shawwal]] [[Islamic calendar|829 AH]]) [[Barakat ibn Hasan]], son of the late [[Hasan ibn Ajlan]], is confirmed by the Egyptian Sultan Barsbay as the new [[Emir of Mecca]], conditioned on paying the remaining 25,000 dinars owed by Hasan.<ref name="Ibn Fahd">{{cite book|author1-last=Ibn Fahd|author1-first=‘Izz al-Dīn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn ‘Umar ibn Muḥammad|editor1-last=Shaltūt|editor1-first=Fahīm Muḥammad|script-title=ar:غاية المرام بأخبار سلطنة البلد الحرام|title=Ghāyat al-marām bi-akhbār salṭanat al-Balad al-Ḥarām|date=1988|publisher=Jāmi‘at Umm al-Qurá, Markaz al-Baḥth al-‘Ilmī wa-Iḥyā’ al-Turāth al-Islāmī, Kullīyat al-Sharīʻah wa-al-Dirāsāt al-Islāmīyah|location=Makkah|volume=2|edition=1st|language=Arabic|orig-year=Composed before 1518|pages=392–400}}</ref>
* [[September 17]] &ndash; (15 [[Dhu al-Qidah]] [[Islamic calendar|829 AH]]) [[Barakat ibn Hasan]] arrives in Mecca to officially assume the powers of the [[Emir of Mecca]], after taking back over from his brother [[Abu al-Qasim ibn Hasan ibn Ajlan|Abu al-Qasim]].<ref name="Ibn Fahd"/>