Mamluk forces

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army cavalry force military organization

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Mamluk forces canonical	4
Mamelukes of the Imperial Guard	1
Mamluk army	1
Mamluk military elite	1
Mamluk military households	1

Statements (66)

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	Circassians ⓘ surface form: Circassian mamluks Turkic mamluks ⓘ elite cavalry ⓘ mamluks ⓘ slave soldiers ⓘ
country	Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
enemyOf	Crusader states ⓘ Mongol Ilkhanate ⓘ surface form: Ilkhanate Kingdom of Cyprus ⓘ Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ Mongol Empire ⓘ
equipment	composite bow ⓘ lamellar armor ⓘ lance ⓘ mail armor ⓘ shield ⓘ sword ⓘ
garrisonLocation	Cairo ⓘ Cairo Citadel ⓘ surface form: Citadel of Cairo
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 region ⓘ surface form: Levant 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	Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ surface form: Bahri Mamluk dynasty Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ surface form: Burji Mamluk dynasty

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Mamluk forces
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (8)

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

French campaign in Syria → belligerent → Mamluk forces ⓘ

French Imperial Guard → hasPart → Mamluk forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mamelukes of the Imperial Guard

Battle of Marj Dabiq → combatantSide → Mamluk forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mamluk army

Barquq → associatedWith → Mamluk forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mamluk military households

Napoleon’s Syrian campaign → hasBelligerent → Mamluk forces ⓘ

Al-Nasir Muhammad → strengthenedInstitution → Mamluk forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mamluk military elite

Seventh Crusade → opponent → Mamluk forces ⓘ

Battle of Mansoura (1250) → belligerent → Mamluk forces ⓘ