Mamluk sultans

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Islamic rulers Sunni Muslim rulers dynastic rulers military elite slave-soldier rulers

The Mamluk sultans were the ruling military elite who controlled Egypt and Syria from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries, famed for their slave-soldier origins and successful defense against Crusaders and Mongol invasions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mamluk sultans canonical 3
Mamluk sultans of Egypt 2
Mamluk 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic rulers ⓘ
Sunni Muslim rulers ⓘ
dynastic rulers ⓘ
military elite ⓘ
slave-soldier rulers ⓘ
capital Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContribution development of Mamluk architecture ⓘ
support of madrasas and khanqahs ⓘ
economicBase control of Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean trade routes ⓘ
endTime 1517 ⓘ
ethnicComposition predominantly Circassian in the Burji period ⓘ
predominantly Turkic in the Bahri period ⓘ
firstRuler al-Malik al-Mu'izz Izz al-Din Aybak NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Ottoman sultans in Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm military sultanate ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Arabic ⓘ
legalSchool Hanafi ⓘ
Shafi'i NERFINISHED ⓘ
militarySystem cavalry-based army ⓘ
use of mounted archers ⓘ
notableFor defeating the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut ⓘ
developing a military aristocracy based on slave recruitment ⓘ
ending the Crusader presence in the Levant ⓘ
patronage of Islamic scholarship ⓘ
patronage of architecture in Cairo ⓘ
protecting the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina ⓘ
notableRuler Barquq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qaitbay NERFINISHED ⓘ
al-Mansur Qalawun NERFINISHED ⓘ
al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun NERFINISHED ⓘ
al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars NERFINISHED ⓘ
origin mamluk slave-soldier system ⓘ
overthrownBy Ottoman Empire under Selim I NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStructure oligarchic military regime ⓘ
precededBy Ayyubid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
recruitment imported slave boys converted to Islam ⓘ
region Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
ruled Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Hijaz NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialOrigin military slaves of Circassian origin ⓘ
military slaves of Turkic origin ⓘ
startTime 1250 ⓘ
subdivision Bahri Mamluk sultans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burji Mamluk sultans NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod mid-13th century to early 16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mamluk forces → governedBy → Mamluk sultans ⓘ
Jarkas al-Khalili → culture → Mamluk sultans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk
Mamluk Qur’ans → patronage → Mamluk sultans ⓘ
Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II → positionHeld → Mamluk sultans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate
Abbasid caliphs in Cairo → installedBy → Mamluk sultans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk sultans of Egypt
Abbasid caliphs in Cairo → deFactoPowerHeldBy → Mamluk sultans ⓘ
al-Mustamsik → dependentOn → Mamluk sultans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mamluk sultans of Egypt