Circassian Mamluk dynasty

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The Circassian Mamluk dynasty was a late medieval ruling house of predominantly Circassian slave-soldier origin that governed the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and Syria from the late 14th to early 16th centuries.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Circassian Mamluk dynasty canonical 2
Circassian Mamluks 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mamluk dynasty ⓘ
late medieval dynasty ⓘ
ruling dynasty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Burji Mamluk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Burji dynasty

Burji dynasty ⓘ
capital Cairo ⓘ
controlledCity Aleppo ⓘ
Cairo ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
countryRuled Egypt ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
endEvent Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517) ⓘ
endTime 1517 ⓘ
establishedBy Sultan Barquq ⓘ
ethnicComposition predominantly Circassian ⓘ
governmentForm sultanate ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern period transition ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
Circassian language ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
militaryBasis mamluk cavalry ⓘ
notableActivity control of Red Sea trade routes ⓘ
patronage of architecture in Cairo ⓘ
notableConflict conflicts with Timur ⓘ
wars with Ottoman Empire ⓘ
notableRuler Barquq ⓘ
Barsbay ⓘ
Faraj ⓘ
Jaqmaq ⓘ
Qaitbay ⓘ
Qansuh al-Ghawri ⓘ
Tuman Bay II ⓘ
overthrownBy Ottoman conquest of Egypt ⓘ
partOf Islamic world ⓘ
politicalSystem military oligarchy ⓘ
predecessor Bahri Mamluk dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
region Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
rulingClassOrigin military slaves ⓘ
socialOrigin slave-soldier ⓘ
startTime 1382 ⓘ
successor Ottoman Empire ⓘ
territoryIncluded Egypt ⓘ
Hijaz ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz

Palestine ⓘ
Syria ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barquq → dynastyFounded → Circassian Mamluk dynasty ⓘ
Mamluk emirs → origin → Circassian Mamluks ⓘ
linked to: Circassian Mamluk dynasty
al-Malik az-Zahir Sayf ad-Din Barquq → dynastyFounded → Circassian Mamluk dynasty ⓘ