Bahri Mamluks

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The Bahri Mamluks were a powerful military slave dynasty that ruled Egypt and parts of the Levant in the 13th and 14th centuries, noted for halting Mongol expansion and ending Crusader presence in the region.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bahri Mamluks canonical 10
Bahri Mamluk period 5
Mamluk navy 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mamluk dynasty ⓘ
Sultanate ⓘ
capital Cairo ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culturalContribution development of Mamluk architectural style in Cairo ⓘ
patronage of Islamic scholarship and madrasas ⓘ
currency gold dinar ⓘ
silver dirham ⓘ
economicActivity control of Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean trade routes ⓘ
endTime 1382 ⓘ
ethnicComposition predominantly Kipchak Turkic mamluks ⓘ
followedBy Burji Mamluks ⓘ
governmentForm military sultanate ⓘ
historicalSignificance ended major Crusader presence in the Levant ⓘ
halted Mongol expansion into Egypt and further west ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
legalSystem based on Sharia and Sunni legal schools ⓘ
militaryStrength strong cavalry-based army ⓘ
militarySystem mamluk slave-soldier system ⓘ
nameExplanation named for their barracks on the Nile ("sea" or river) island of Rawda in Cairo ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Ain Jalut ⓘ
Battle of al-Mansurah (1250) ⓘ
defeat of Mongol forces in the Levant ⓘ
expulsion of remaining Crusader states from the Levant ⓘ
notableRuler Qutuz ⓘ
linked to: Saif ad-Din Qutuz

Sultan Baybars I ⓘ
linked to: Baibars

al-Ashraf Khalil ⓘ
linked to: Al-Ashraf Khalil

al-Mansur Qalawun ⓘ
linked to: Sultan Qalawun
opponent Crusader states ⓘ
Kingdom of Cyprus ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
Mongol Ilkhanate ⓘ
originOfName derived from Arabic word "bahr" meaning "sea" ⓘ
partOf Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
predecessor Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
socialStructure military elite of imported slave-soldiers and their descendants ⓘ
startTime 1250 ⓘ
succession power often transferred through military coups and factional struggles ⓘ
territory Egypt ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
parts of Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
parts of the Hejaz ⓘ
vassalOrClient held nominal allegiance to the Abbasid caliph in Cairo ⓘ

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

Qalawun → dynasticBranch → Bahri Mamluks ⓘ
al-Said Barakah → dynasty → Bahri Mamluks ⓘ
al-Malik al-Zahir Baibars → dynasty → Bahri Mamluks ⓘ
subject linked to: al-Malik al-Zahir
Mamluk emirs → timePeriod → Bahri Mamluk period ⓘ
linked to: Bahri Mamluks
Al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun → dynasty → Bahri Mamluks ⓘ
Qalawunid family → partOf → Bahri Mamluk period ⓘ
linked to: Bahri Mamluks
Sultan Qalawun → dynastyBranch → Bahri Mamluks ⓘ
Al-Malik al-Mansur Lajin → politicalContext → Bahri Mamluk period ⓘ
linked to: Bahri Mamluks
Sultan an-Nasir Muhammad → mamlukRegime → Bahri Mamluks ⓘ
Al-Mansur Abu Bakr → dynasty → Bahri Mamluks ⓘ
Al-Ashraf Khalil → dynasty → Bahri Mamluks ⓘ
Qalawunid dynasty → partOf → Bahri Mamluk period ⓘ
linked to: Bahri Mamluks
al-Malik al-Mansur → associatedWithHistoricalEra → Bahri Mamluk period ⓘ
linked to: Bahri Mamluks
Battle of Chaul → hasParticipant → Mamluk navy ⓘ
linked to: Bahri Mamluks