Ottoman annexation of Egypt

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historical event military conquest territorial annexation

The Ottoman annexation of Egypt was the 1517 incorporation of the former Mamluk Sultanate into the Ottoman Empire, making Egypt an Ottoman province and shifting the center of Islamic political authority to Istanbul.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Ottoman conquest of Egypt	3

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ military conquest ⓘ territorial annexation ⓘ
cause	Ottoman victory over the Mamluks in 1516–1517 ⓘ Ottoman–Mamluk rivalry over Syria and control of trade routes ⓘ
changedStatusOf	Cairo from capital of a sultanate to provincial capital ⓘ Egypt from independent sultanate to Ottoman province ⓘ
chronologicalOrder	after Ottoman conquest of Syria ⓘ
conflict	Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryAcquiringTerritory	Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryLosingTerritory	Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Ottoman rule in Egypt ⓘ
follows	Mamluk rule in Egypt ⓘ
geopoliticalImpact	Ottoman control over key routes between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean ⓘ Ottoman dominance in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
hasEffect	Ottoman control over the holy cities of Mecca and Medina via Egypt ⓘ decline of Mamluk military and political power ⓘ integration of Egyptian administration into Ottoman imperial system ⓘ recognition of Ottoman sultans as caliphs by many Sunni Muslims ⓘ reorientation of Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean trade under Ottoman oversight ⓘ
hasEndTime	1517 ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Ottoman capture of Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ defeat of the last Mamluk sultan ⓘ
hasStartTime	1517 ⓘ
location	Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant	Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517) NERFINISHED ⓘ
pointInTime	1517 ⓘ
politicalConsequences	centralization of authority in Istanbul over Arab provinces ⓘ transformation of Egypt into an Ottoman eyalet (province) ⓘ
relatedTo	Ottoman conquest of the Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ history of Egypt under Ottoman rule ⓘ rise of Istanbul as a major Islamic political center ⓘ
religiousConsequences	enhancement of Ottoman legitimacy as leaders of the Sunni Muslim world ⓘ
result	Egypt became an Ottoman province ⓘ end of the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt ⓘ incorporation of Egypt into the Ottoman Empire ⓘ shift of Islamic political authority to Istanbul ⓘ
significantPlace	Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ
temporalContext	early 16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517) → result → Ottoman annexation of Egypt ⓘ

Battle of Marj Dabiq → followedBy → Ottoman annexation of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman conquest of Egypt

Ottoman period in Egypt → hasSignificantEvent → Ottoman annexation of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman conquest of Egypt

Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II → notableEvent → Ottoman annexation of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman conquest of Egypt