Mamluk Sultanate (Syria)

Mamluk Sultanate (Syria) was a state in Levant (Middle East) that lasted from 1260 to 1516 CE, about 256 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).

Slave-soldier sultans of Egypt who stopped the Mongols at Ain Jalut in 1260 and expelled the last Crusaders by 1291. Selim I ended Mamluk rule in Syria at Marj Dabiq in 1516.

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Facts

Dates

1260 to 1516 CE

Duration

256 years

Type

State

Region

Levant, Middle East

Language family

Turkic

Capital

Cairo, with Damascus as provincial seat

Came from

• Ayyubid Sultanate 1171 to 1260 CE

Became

• Ottoman Syria and Palestine 1516 to 1918 CE

Events in Middle East during its time

• 1260 Battle of Ain Jalut
• 1514 Battle of Chaldiran

Neighbours in Middle East

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE
• Safavid Empire 1501 to 1736 CE
• Zaydi Imamate of Yemen 897 to 1918 CE
• Kingdom of Georgia 1008 to 1490 CE
• Ottoman Syria and Palestine 1516 to 1918 CE
• Sultanate of Rum 1077 to 1308 CE
• Kingdom of Jerusalem 1099 to 1291 CE
• Timurid Empire 1370 to 1507 CE
• Aq Qoyunlu 1378 to 1503 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE, Southeast Asia
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa

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