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.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Mamluk beys 3
Mamluk bey 2
Bahri Mamluk emirs 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mamluk officer
military commander
political elite
provincial governor
ruling class
appliesToJurisdiction Egypt
Hijaz
linked to: Hejaz

Levant
linked to: Levant region

Syria
canHoldOffice atabeg al-asakir
governor of Aleppo
governor of Cairo
governor of Damascus
naib al-saltana
country Mamluk Sultanate
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
Turkic Mamluks
linked to: Turkic mamluks

military slave background
partOf Mamluk Sultanate
positionInHierarchy above ordinary Mamluk soldiers
below the sultan
powerBasis control of armed forces
control of provincial administration
patronage networks
relatedConcept Mamluk military hierarchy
Mamluk sultan
linked to: Mamluk sultans

iqta system
religion Sunni Islam
socialClass landholding elite
military aristocracy
subordinateTo Mamluk sultan
linked to: Mamluk sultans
timePeriod 13th century
14th century
15th century
Bahri Mamluk period
linked to: Bahri Mamluks

Burji Mamluk period
early 16th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Mamluk forces governedBy Mamluk emirs
Massacre of the Mamluks in 1811 target Mamluk beys
linked to: Mamluk emirs
Ottoman period in Egypt officeHolder Mamluk beys
linked to: Mamluk emirs
Ibrahim Bey positionHeld Mamluk bey
linked to: Mamluk emirs
Mamluk Qur’ans patronage Mamluk amirs
linked to: Mamluk emirs
al-Malik az-Zahir Sayf ad-Din Barquq associatedWith Mamluk military aristocracy
linked to: Mamluk emirs
Massacre of the Citadel hasPrimaryVictims Mamluk beys
linked to: Mamluk emirs
Ali Bey al-Kabir militaryRank Mamluk bey
linked to: Mamluk emirs
Al-Malik al-Mansur Lajin associatedWith Bahri Mamluk emirs
linked to: Mamluk emirs
Louis IX remained in the Holy Land after release participant Mamluk leaders
linked to: Mamluk emirs