Mamluk forces

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Mamluk forces were the military units of the Mamluk Sultanate, composed largely of slave-soldier elites who defended and ruled parts of Egypt and the Levant and famously resisted powers such as the Mongols and European crusaders.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army
cavalry force
military organization
battle Battle of Ain Jalut
Battle of Homs (1281)
Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar
Siege of Acre (1291)
commandLanguage Arabic
composedOf Circassian mamluks
linked to: Circassians

Turkic mamluks
elite cavalry
mamluks
slave soldiers
country Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate

Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
enemyOf Crusader states
Ilkhanate
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate

Kingdom of Cyprus
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Mongol Empire
equipment composite bow
lamellar armor
lance
mail armor
shield
sword
garrisonLocation Cairo
Citadel of Cairo
linked to: Cairo Citadel
governedBy Mamluk emirs
Mamluk sultans
influenced later Ottoman military practices
military slavery systems in the Islamic world
militaryBranch cavalry
infantry auxiliaries
notableFor defeating the Eighth Crusade
defeating the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut
defeating the Seventh Crusade
ending the Crusader presence in the Levant
military dominance over their own sultans
professional cavalry tactics
use of composite bows
use of heavy armor
operatedIn Egypt
Hejaz
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Palestine
Syria
partOf Mamluk Sultanate
recruitment conversion to Islam
military slavery
military training in barracks
purchase of young slaves
religion Sunni Islam
socialClass military slave elite
tactic feigned retreat
horse archery
shock cavalry charge
timePeriod 13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
training archery practice on horseback
close-combat training
intensive cavalry training
usedBy Bahri Mamluk dynasty
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate

Burji Mamluk dynasty
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate

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French campaign in Syria belligerent Mamluk forces
French Imperial Guard hasPart Mamelukes of the Imperial Guard
linked to: Mamluk forces
Battle of Marj Dabiq combatantSide Mamluk army
linked to: Mamluk forces
Barquq associatedWith Mamluk military households
linked to: Mamluk forces
Al-Nasir Muhammad strengthenedInstitution Mamluk military elite
linked to: Mamluk forces
Seventh Crusade opponent Mamluk forces
Battle of Mansoura (1250) belligerent Mamluk forces