Mamluk Sultanate

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The Mamluk Sultanate was a powerful medieval Islamic state centered in Egypt and Syria, ruled by a military caste of slave-soldiers who became sultans and played a key role in defending the Muslim world against the Crusaders and Mongols.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic state
Sultanate
historical polity
medieval state
alsoKnownAs Dawlat al-Mamalik
linked to: Dar al-Islam

Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate

Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate

Sultanate of the Mamluks
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
architectureStyle Mamluk architecture
capital Cairo
continent Africa
Asia
culturalContribution development of Cairene Islamic architecture
patronage of madrasas and khanqahs
currency Dinar
Dirham
dominantMadhhab Hanafi
linked to: Hanafi school

Hanbali
Maliki
Shafi'i
linked to: Shafi'i school
economicActivity Red Sea trade
spice trade mediation
endOfBahriPeriod 1382
endOfBurjiPeriod 1517
endTime 1517
followedBy Ottoman Empire
governmentType Military aristocracy
Military sultanate
historicalSignificance ended major Crusader presence in the Levant
first major Mongol defeat in open battle in the Middle East
importantCity Aleppo
Alexandria
linked to: Alexandria, Egypt

Damascus
Jerusalem
Mecca
Medina
language Arabic
Mamluk Arabic
legalSystem Sharia
militaryRole defense of the Muslim world against Crusaders
defense of the Muslim world against Mongols
militarySystem cavalry-based army
use of mamluk slave-soldiers
notableEvent Battle of Ain Jalut
conquest of Acre
defeat of the Mongols at Ain Jalut
expulsion of the Crusaders from the Levant
notableEventDate 1260
1291
notableRuler Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II
Al-Nasir Muhammad
Barquq
Baybars I
linked to: Baibars

Qaitbay
Qalawun
overthrowEvent Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517)
overthrownBy Ottoman Empire
period Bahri Mamluk period
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate

Burji Mamluk period
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
precededBy Ayyubid dynasty
region Egypt
Hejaz
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Lower Egypt
Syria
Upper Egypt
religion Sunni Islam
rulingClass Mamluks
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate

military slave caste
socialStructure military slave elite ruling free population
startOfBahriPeriod 1250
startOfBurjiPeriod 1382
startTime 1250
symbol Mamluk blazon (rank emblems)

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Thuluth script prominentDynastyUsage Mamluk Sultanate
Abbasid Caliphate replacedBy Mamluk Sultanate
Abbasid Caliphate succeededBy Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Black Death majorOutbreakIn Mamluk Sultanate
Islamic world hasHistoricEmpire Mamluk Sultanate
Al-Aqsa Mosque restoredBy Mamluk Sultanate
Knights Hospitaller enemy Mamluk Sultanate
Islamic Caliphates hasComponent Mamluk Caliphate of Cairo
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Islamic Golden Age majorDynasty Mamluk Sultanate
Principality of Antioch disestablishedBy Mamluk Sultanate
Principality of Antioch conflictWith Mamluk Sultanate
Lydda underRuleOf Mamluk Sultanate
subject linked to: Lydda (modern Lod, Israel)
Selim I conquered Mamluk Sultanate
Battle of Abukir (1799) belligerent Mamluks
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Battle of Abukir (1799) opponent Mamluks
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Citadel of Qaitbay timePeriod Mamluk Sultanate
Citadel of Qaitbay usedBy Mamluk Sultanate
Khan el-Khalili foundedInPeriod Mamluk era
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Battle of the Pyramids opponent Mamluk Sultanate
Murad Bey ethnicGroup Mamluk
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Murad Bey politicalAlignment Mamluk oligarchy
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Mamluk rulers of Egypt subdivision Bahri Mamluk dynasty
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Mamluk rulers of Egypt subdivision Burji Mamluk dynasty
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Cairo Citadel governedBy Mamluk Sultanate
Byblos ruledBy Mamluk Sultanate
Tyre ruledBy Mamluk Sultanate
Sidon ruledBy Mamluk Sultanate
Bengal Sultanate tradePartner Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Cilician Armenia successor Mamluk Sultanate
Cilician Armenia enemy Mamluk Sultanate
Cilician Armenia fellTo Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Kipchak languages spokenBy Mamluks
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Mamluk Sultanate alsoKnownAs Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Mamluk Sultanate alsoKnownAs Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Mamluk Sultanate alsoKnownAs Sultanate of the Mamluks
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Mamluk Sultanate rulingClass Mamluks
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Mamluk Sultanate period Bahri Mamluk period
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Mamluk Sultanate period Burji Mamluk period
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Mongol Ilkhanate battledWith Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Levant region wasPartOf Mamluk Sultanate
Arwad laterControlledBy Mamluk Sultanate
Acre wasImportantInPeriod Mamluk period
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
al-Mutawakkil III countryRuled Mamluk Sultanate
al-Mutawakkil III associatedWithEntity Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Arabic literature hasPeriod Mamluk period
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Citadel of Damascus usedBy Mamluk Sultanate
Krak des Chevaliers controlledBy Mamluk Sultanate
Jaffa hasHistoricalPeriod Mamluk period
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque architecturalStyle Mamluk
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
Tripoli (Lebanon) historicalPeriodFlourished Mamluk period
subject linked to: Tripoli
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate