Mamluk emirs

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Mamluk emirs were high-ranking military commanders and provincial rulers in the Mamluk Sultanate who held significant political, administrative, and military power.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Mamluk beys 2
Mamluk amirs 1
Mamluk bey 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mamluk officer
military commander
political elite
provincial governor
ruling class
appliesToJurisdiction Egypt NERFINISHED
Hijaz NERFINISHED
Levant NERFINISHED
Syria NERFINISHED
canHoldOffice atabeg al-asakir NERFINISHED
governor of Aleppo
governor of Cairo
governor of Damascus
naib al-saltana
country Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED
economicBasis iqta revenue
tax farming rights
hasRole command of cavalry units
defense of frontiers
governorship of key cities
implementation of sultanic decrees
judicial oversight at local level
maintenance of public order
management of iqta lands
military leadership
palace politics
participation in succession politics
provincial administration
tax collection supervision
language Arabic
origin Circassian Mamluks NERFINISHED
Turkic Mamluks NERFINISHED
military slave background
partOf Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED
positionInHierarchy above ordinary Mamluk soldiers
below the sultan
powerBasis control of armed forces
control of provincial administration
patronage networks
relatedConcept Mamluk military hierarchy NERFINISHED
Mamluk sultan NERFINISHED
iqta system
religion Sunni Islam
socialClass landholding elite
military aristocracy
subordinateTo Mamluk sultan NERFINISHED
timePeriod 13th century
14th century
15th century
Bahri Mamluk period NERFINISHED
Burji Mamluk period NERFINISHED
early 16th century

Referenced by (5)

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Mamluk forces governedBy Mamluk emirs
Ottoman period in Egypt officeHolder Mamluk emirs
this entity surface form: Mamluk beys
Mamluk Qur’ans patronage Mamluk emirs
this entity surface form: Mamluk amirs
Ibrahim Bey positionHeld Mamluk emirs
this entity surface form: Mamluk bey
Massacre of the Mamluks in 1811 target Mamluk emirs
this entity surface form: Mamluk beys