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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Circassian Mamluk dynasty canonical 2
Circassian Mamluks 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mamluk dynasty
late medieval dynasty
ruling dynasty
alsoKnownAs Burji Mamluk dynasty
linked to: Burji dynasty

Burji dynasty
capital Cairo
controlledCity Aleppo
Cairo
Damascus
Jerusalem
countryRuled Egypt
Mamluk Sultanate
Syria
endEvent Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517)
endTime 1517
establishedBy Sultan Barquq
ethnicComposition predominantly Circassian
governmentForm sultanate
historicalPeriod early modern period transition
late Middle Ages
languageUsed Arabic
Circassian language
Turkic languages
militaryBasis mamluk cavalry
notableActivity control of Red Sea trade routes
patronage of architecture in Cairo
notableConflict conflicts with Timur
wars with Ottoman Empire
notableRuler Barquq
Barsbay
Faraj
Jaqmaq
Qaitbay
Qansuh al-Ghawri
Tuman Bay II
overthrownBy Ottoman conquest of Egypt
partOf Islamic world
politicalSystem military oligarchy
predecessor Bahri Mamluk dynasty
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
region Eastern Mediterranean
Levant
linked to: Levant region
religion Sunni Islam
rulingClassOrigin military slaves
socialOrigin slave-soldier
startTime 1382
successor Ottoman Empire
territoryIncluded Egypt
Hijaz
linked to: Hejaz

Palestine
Syria

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Barquq dynastyFounded Circassian Mamluk dynasty
Mamluk emirs origin Circassian Mamluks
linked to: Circassian Mamluk dynasty
al-Malik az-Zahir Sayf ad-Din Barquq dynastyFounded Circassian Mamluk dynasty