Baibars has played an important role in bringing the Mongols to Islam, having developed strong ties with the Mongols of the Golden Horde and taken steps for the Golden Horde Mongols to travel to Egypt.

The arrival of the Golden Horde Mongols to Egypt had resulted in a significant number of Mongols accepting Islam.

Baibars is a popular ruler in the Muslim World who has defeated the crusaders in three campaigns, and the Mongols in the Battle of Ain Jalut, which many scholars deem of great macro-historical importance.

In order to support his military campaigns, Baibars has commissioned arsenals, warships and cargo vessels.

He is also arguably the first to employ explosive hand cannons in war, at the Battle of Ain Jalut.

His military campaigns have also extended into Libya and Nubia.

He is also an efficient administrator who takes interest in building various infrastructure projects, such as a mounted message relay system capable of delivery from Cairo to Damascus in four days.

He has also built bridges, irrigation and shipping canals, improved the harbors, and built mosques.

He is also a patron of Islamic science, such as his support for the medical research by his Arab physician, Ibn al-Nafis.

As a testament of a special relationship between Islam and cats, Baibars leaves a cat garden in Cairo as a waqf, providing the cats of Cairo with food and shelter.