Mamluk Sultanate

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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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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)

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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
Mongol conquests opponent Mamluk Sultanate
Palestine historicalControlBy Mamluk Sultanate
Ayyubid dynasty successor Mamluk Sultanate
Tower of David timePeriod Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk period
Kingdom of Jerusalem opponent Mamluk Sultanate
Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions influencedBy Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk institutions
Outremer conflictWith 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
Ibn al-Nafis citizenship Mamluk Sultanate
Baibars dynasty Mamluk Sultanate
Baibars dynasty Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Bahri Mamluks
Baibars strengthened Mamluk Sultanate
Crusader states opposedBy Mamluk Sultanate
Sharifate of Mecca partOf Mamluk Sultanate
Akko historicalPeriod Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk period
Crusaders foughtAgainst Mamluk Sultanate
Flavia Neapolis wasUnderRuleOf Mamluk Sultanate
Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517) belligerent Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517) predecessorState Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo
Ottoman territorial expansion opposedBy Mamluk Sultanate
Islamic Cairo periodOfSignificance Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk period
historic Cairo significantPeriod Mamluk Sultanate
subject surface form: Historic Cairo
Islam in Egypt hasHistoricalPhase Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt
Mamluk forces partOf Mamluk Sultanate
Mamluk forces country Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Mamluk forces country Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo
Mamluk forces usedBy Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Bahri Mamluk dynasty
Mamluk forces usedBy Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Burji Mamluk dynasty
Ottoman Syria precededBy Mamluk Sultanate
Battle of Marj Dabiq conflictBetween Mamluk Sultanate
Battle of Marj Dabiq belligerent Mamluk Sultanate
Jarkas al-Khalili countryOfCitizenship Mamluk Sultanate
Barquq dynastyFounded Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Burji Mamluk dynasty
Barquq dynasty Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Burji Mamluk dynasty
Barquq predecessorDynasty Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Bahri Mamluk dynasty
Barquq era Mamluk Sultanate
Massacre of the Mamluks in 1811 relatedTo Mamluk Sultanate
Ottoman period in Egypt follows Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt
Christian Nubian kingdoms borderedBy Mamluk Sultanate
Fustat laterRuledBy Mamluk Sultanate
Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay dynasty Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Burji Mamluk dynasty
Bohemond VI of Antioch opposedBy Mamluk Sultanate
al-Insaf by al-Mardawi timePeriod Mamluk Sultanate
subject surface form: Al-Insaf
this entity surface form: Mamluk era
Al-Nasir Muhammad dynasty Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Bahri Mamluk dynasty
Al-Nasir Muhammad era Mamluk Sultanate