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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Mamluk Qur’ans associatedWith Mamluk Sultanate
Ninth Crusade hasMainParticipant Mamluk Sultanate
Ninth Crusade hasOpponent Mamluk Sultanate
Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II country Mamluk Sultanate
Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II dynasty Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Burji Mamluk dynasty
Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II governmentForm Mamluk Sultanate
Arghun conflictWith Mamluk Sultanate
Ghazan militaryConflict Mamluk Sultanate
Minaret of Qaytbay associatedWithDynasty Mamluk Sultanate
El Darb El Ahmar historicalEra Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk period
El Gamaliya timePeriodOfMajorDevelopment Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk period
Abbasid caliphs in Cairo country Mamluk Sultanate
Abbasid caliphs in Cairo associatedWith Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo
Saint-Jean-d’Acre hasHistoricalPeriod Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk period
Saint-Jean-d’Acre governedBy Mamluk Sultanate
Akka al-ʿAtīqa hasHistoricalPeriod Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk period
עַכּוֹ hasSignificantPeriod Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk period
Lydda partOf Mamluk Sultanate
Siege of Acre (1291) belligerent Mamluk Sultanate
عكّا تنتمي_إلى_فترة Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: العصر المملوكي
Citadel of Aleppo associatedDynasty Mamluk Sultanate
Al-Madina Souq expandedDuring Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk period
Halab wasRuledBy Mamluk Sultanate
al-Mustamsik country Mamluk Sultanate
al-Mustamsik governmentalJurisdiction Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and Syria
Arab naval forces usedBy Mamluk Sultanate
Ibn al-Shatir countryOfCitizenship Mamluk Sultanate
Ibn Kathir deathCountryHistorical Mamluk Sultanate
County of Tripoli destroyedBy Mamluk Sultanate
Krak de l’Hospital capturedBy Mamluk Sultanate
Jabal Amel historicalPeriod Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk era
Ottoman incursions opposedBy Mamluk Sultanate
Eastern Wall of the Old City of Jerusalem historicallyAssociatedWith Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk period
Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn controlledBy Mamluk Sultanate
Great Mosque of Tripoli significantPeriod Mamluk Sultanate
Mongol invasion of the Middle East under Hülegü opponent Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Polovtsians migratedTo Mamluk Sultanate
Taynal Mosque architecturalStyle Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk
Bab al-Qattanin architecturalStyle Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk
Bab al-Qattanin era Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk period
باب القطانين era Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: العصر المملوكي
Islamic period hasNotableDynasty Mamluk Sultanate
Mansouri Great Mosque builder Mamluk Sultanate
Mansouri Great Mosque architecturalStyle Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk
Zamorin of Calicut foreignRelations Mamluk Sultanate
Portuguese–Mamluk naval war opponentOf Mamluk Sultanate
Portuguese–Mamluk naval war relatedTo Mamluk Sultanate
this entity surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Uzbek Khan foreignRelations Mamluk Sultanate