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.
Observed surface forms (15)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt | 8 |
| Mamluk period | 6 |
| Mamluks | 4 |
| Mamluk | 2 |
| Bahri Mamluk dynasty | 1 |
| Bahri Mamluk period | 1 |
| Burji Mamluk dynasty | 1 |
| Burji Mamluk period | 1 |
| Mamluk Caliphate of Cairo | 1 |
| Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt | 1 |
| Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo | 1 |
| Mamluk era | 1 |
| Mamluk institutions | 1 |
| Mamluk oligarchy | 1 |
| Sultanate of the Mamluks | 1 |
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.
this entity surface form:
Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt
this entity surface form:
Mamluk period
this entity surface form:
Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
subject surface form:
Lydda
this entity surface form:
Mamluk period