Mamluk sultans

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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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instanceOf Islamic rulers
Sunni Muslim rulers
dynastic rulers
military elite
slave-soldier rulers
capital Cairo
country Mamluk Sultanate
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
followedBy Ottoman sultans in Egypt
linked to: Ottoman sultan
governmentForm military sultanate
languageOfAdministration Arabic
legalSchool Hanafi
Shafi'i
linked to: Shafi'i school
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
Qaitbay
al-Mansur Qalawun
linked to: Sultan Qalawun

al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun
al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars
linked to: Baibars
origin mamluk slave-soldier system
overthrownBy Ottoman Empire under Selim I
politicalStructure oligarchic military regime
precededBy Ayyubid dynasty
recruitment imported slave boys converted to Islam
region Eastern Mediterranean
Levant
linked to: Levant region
religion Sunni Islam
ruled Cairo
Egypt
Palestine
Syria
the Hijaz
linked to: Hejaz
socialOrigin military slaves of Circassian origin
military slaves of Turkic origin
startTime 1250
subdivision Bahri Mamluk sultans
linked to: Mamluk sultans

Burji Mamluk sultans
linked to: Mamluk sultans
timePeriod mid-13th century to early 16th century

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Mamluk forces governedBy Mamluk sultans
Jarkas al-Khalili culture Mamluk
linked to: Mamluk sultans
Mamluk Qur’ans patronage Mamluk sultans
Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II positionHeld Sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate
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Abbasid caliphs in Cairo installedBy Mamluk sultans of Egypt
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al-Mustamsik dependentOn Mamluk sultans of Egypt
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al-Said Barakah positionHeld Sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate
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Qutuz positionHeld Sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate
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Tuman Bay II positionHeld Sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate
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Mamluk emirs subordinateTo Mamluk sultan
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Mamluk emirs relatedConcept Mamluk sultan
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Mamluk sultans subdivision Bahri Mamluk sultans
linked to: Mamluk sultans
Mamluk sultans subdivision Burji Mamluk sultans
linked to: Mamluk sultans
Al-Mansur Abu Bakr positionHeld Sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate
linked to: Mamluk sultans
Mamluk invasions of Cilician Armenia commandedBySide Mamluk sultans of Egypt
linked to: Mamluk sultans