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 ⓘ
Second Battle of Homs (1271) → combatantSide → Mamluk army of Egypt and Syria ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk forces
Mongol invasions of the Levant → usedMilitaryUnit → Mamluk cavalry ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk forces
Kitbuqa Noyan → defeatedBy → Mamluk forces ⓘ
Battle of Homs (1299) → combatant → Mamluk army of Egypt and Syria ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk forces
Battle of Fariskur → belligerent → Mamluk forces ⓘ
Battle of Qaqun → combatant → Mamluk forces ⓘ
Faris ad-Din Aktai → militaryBranch → Mamluk army ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk forces
Fall of Sidon (1291) → militaryActionBy → Mamluk army ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk forces
Fall of Beirut (1291) → opponent → Mamluk forces ⓘ
Fall of Tripoli (1289) → usedMilitaryUnit → Mamluk army ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk forces