Circassian Mamluk dynasty
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The Circassian Mamluk dynasty was a late medieval ruling house of predominantly Circassian slave-soldier origin that governed the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and Syria from the late 14th to early 16th centuries.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mamluk dynasty
ⓘ
late medieval dynasty ⓘ ruling dynasty ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Burji Mamluk dynasty
NERFINISHED
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Burji dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledCity |
Aleppo
NERFINISHED
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Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryRuled |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endEvent | Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1517 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Sultan Barquq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition | predominantly Circassian ⓘ |
| governmentForm | sultanate ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early modern period transition
ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Arabic
ⓘ
Circassian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkic languages ⓘ |
| militaryBasis | mamluk cavalry ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
control of Red Sea trade routes
ⓘ
patronage of architecture in Cairo ⓘ |
| notableConflict |
conflicts with Timur
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wars with Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Barquq
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barsbay NERFINISHED ⓘ Faraj NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaqmaq NERFINISHED ⓘ Qaitbay NERFINISHED ⓘ Qansuh al-Ghawri NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuman Bay II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overthrownBy | Ottoman conquest of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | military oligarchy ⓘ |
| predecessor | Bahri Mamluk dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Mediterranean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| rulingClassOrigin | military slaves ⓘ |
| socialOrigin | slave-soldier ⓘ |
| startTime | 1382 ⓘ |
| successor | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryIncluded |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
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Hijaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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