Mamluk Sultanate

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Islamic state Sultanate historical polity medieval state

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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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form Occurrences
Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt 8
Mamluk period 6
Mamluks 4

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic state ⓘ
Sultanate ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ
medieval state ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dar al-Islam ⓘ
surface form: Dawlat al-Mamalik

Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo

Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt

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

Hanbali ⓘ
Maliki ⓘ
Shafi'i school ⓘ
surface form: Shafi'i
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, Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Alexandria

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 ⓘ
Baibars ⓘ
surface form: Baybars I

Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay ⓘ
surface form: Qaitbay

Qalawun ⓘ
overthrowEvent Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517) ⓘ
overthrownBy Ottoman Empire ⓘ
period Mamluk Sultanate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bahri Mamluk period

Mamluk Sultanate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Burji Mamluk period
precededBy Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ
region Egypt ⓘ
Hejaz ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Lower Egypt ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
rulingClass Mamluk Sultanate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mamluks

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

Referenced by (61)

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

Mamluk Sultanate → alsoKnownAs → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Mamluk Sultanate → alsoKnownAs → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo
Mamluk Sultanate → alsoKnownAs → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sultanate of the Mamluks
this entity surface form: Mamluk
al-Mutawakkil III → associatedWithEntity → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Mongol Ilkhanate → battledWith → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Battle of Abukir (1799) → belligerent → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluks
Cotton Merchants' Gate → builtDuring → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk period
Hülegü Khan → conflictWith → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Outremer → conflictWith → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Principality of Antioch → conflictWith → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Selim I → conquered → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Krak des Chevaliers → controlledBy → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
al-Mutawakkil III → countryRuled → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Ibn Khaldun → deathPlace → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Ibn al-Nafis → deathPlace → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Principality of Antioch → disestablishedBy → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Cilician Armenia → enemy → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Knights Hospitaller → enemy → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Murad Bey → ethnicGroup → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk
Cilician Armenia → fellTo → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Khan el-Khalili → foundedInPeriod → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk era
Cairo Citadel → governedBy → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Islamic Caliphates → hasComponent → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk Caliphate of Cairo
Islamic world → hasHistoricEmpire → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Jaffa → hasHistoricalPeriod → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk period
Arabic literature → hasPeriod → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk period
Palestine → historicalControlBy → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Tripoli → historicalPeriodFlourished → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
subject surface form: Tripoli (Lebanon)
this entity surface form: Mamluk period
this entity surface form: Mamluk institutions
Arwad → laterControlledBy → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Islamic Golden Age → majorDynasty → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Black Death → majorOutbreakIn → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Battle of Abukir (1799) → opponent → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluks
Battle of the Pyramids → opponent → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem → opponent → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Mongol conquests → opponent → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate → period → Mamluk Sultanate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bahri Mamluk period
Mamluk Sultanate → period → Mamluk Sultanate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burji Mamluk period
Murad Bey → politicalAlignment → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk oligarchy
Thuluth script → prominentDynastyUsage → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Abbasid Caliphate → replacedBy → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Al-Aqsa Mosque → restoredBy → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Byblos → ruledBy → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Sidon → ruledBy → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Tyre → ruledBy → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate → rulingClass → Mamluk Sultanate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluks
Kipchak languages → spokenBy → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluks
Mamluk rulers of Egypt → subdivision → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bahri Mamluk dynasty
Mamluk rulers of Egypt → subdivision → Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burji Mamluk dynasty