Mamluk sultans

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The Mamluk sultans were the ruling military elite who controlled Egypt and Syria from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries, famed for their slave-soldier origins and successful defense against Crusaders and Mongol invasions.

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instanceOf Islamic rulers ⓘ
Sunni Muslim rulers ⓘ
dynastic rulers ⓘ
military elite ⓘ
slave-soldier rulers ⓘ
capital Cairo ⓘ
country Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
culturalContribution development of Mamluk architecture ⓘ
support of madrasas and khanqahs ⓘ
economicBase control of Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean trade routes ⓘ
endTime 1517 ⓘ
ethnicComposition predominantly Circassian in the Burji period ⓘ
predominantly Turkic in the Bahri period ⓘ
firstRuler al-Malik al-Mu'izz Izz al-Din Aybak ⓘ
followedBy Ottoman sultans in Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman sultan
governmentForm military sultanate ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Arabic ⓘ
legalSchool Hanafi ⓘ
Shafi'i ⓘ
linked to: Shafi'i school
militarySystem cavalry-based army ⓘ
use of mounted archers ⓘ
notableFor defeating the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut ⓘ
developing a military aristocracy based on slave recruitment ⓘ
ending the Crusader presence in the Levant ⓘ
patronage of Islamic scholarship ⓘ
patronage of architecture in Cairo ⓘ
protecting the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina ⓘ
notableRuler Barquq ⓘ
Qaitbay ⓘ
al-Mansur Qalawun ⓘ
linked to: Sultan Qalawun

al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun ⓘ
al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars ⓘ
linked to: Baibars
origin mamluk slave-soldier system ⓘ
overthrownBy Ottoman Empire under Selim I ⓘ
politicalStructure oligarchic military regime ⓘ
precededBy Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ
recruitment imported slave boys converted to Islam ⓘ
region Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
ruled Cairo ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
the Hijaz ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz
socialOrigin military slaves of Circassian origin ⓘ
military slaves of Turkic origin ⓘ
startTime 1250 ⓘ
subdivision Bahri Mamluk sultans ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk sultans

Burji Mamluk sultans ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk sultans
timePeriod mid-13th century to early 16th century ⓘ

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Mamluk forces → governedBy → Mamluk sultans ⓘ
Jarkas al-Khalili → culture → Mamluk ⓘ
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Mamluk Qur’ans → patronage → Mamluk sultans ⓘ
Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II → positionHeld → Sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk sultans
Abbasid caliphs in Cairo → installedBy → Mamluk sultans of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk sultans
al-Mustamsik → dependentOn → Mamluk sultans of Egypt ⓘ
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al-Said Barakah → positionHeld → Sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
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Qutuz → positionHeld → Sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
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Tuman Bay II → positionHeld → Sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
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Mamluk emirs → subordinateTo → Mamluk sultan ⓘ
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Mamluk emirs → relatedConcept → Mamluk sultan ⓘ
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Mamluk sultans → subdivision → Bahri Mamluk sultans ⓘ
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Mamluk sultans → subdivision → Burji Mamluk sultans ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk sultans
Al-Mansur Abu Bakr → positionHeld → Sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
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Mamluk invasions of Cilician Armenia → commandedBySide → Mamluk sultans of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk sultans