The Mamluk Sultanate ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from 1250 to 1517, established after the assassination of the Ayyubid ruler al-Muazzam Turanshah on 2 May 1250 ended Ayyubid rule in Egypt. Governed from Cairo by a military caste of mamluks, freed slave soldiers who rose to command the state, the sultanate is divided into a Turkic Bahri period from 1250 to 1382 and a Circassian Burji period from 1382 to 1517, and under its rule Cairo grew into one of the largest cities in the world. Its forces famously halted the Mongol advance by defeating them at the Battle of Ain Jalut in 1260, and the sultanate reached its greatest territorial extent under Sultan Barsbay in the fifteenth century. It was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1517, after the Mamluk sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri was killed in battle against Ottoman Sultan Selim I at Marj Dabiq in 1516.
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Government TypeSemi-feudal stratocratic elective monarchy 1 Start YearThe source frames the founding as "mid-13th century" (established 1250 with the overthrow of the Ayyubid dynasty); 1250 is recorded as the specific founding year that century phrase names. End YearThe source frames the end as "early 16th century" (conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1517); 1517 is recorded as the specific end year. Government type (class) Classification
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The Mamluk Sultanate was established in 1250 with the overthrow of the Ayyubid dynasty.
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The Mamluk Sultanate...was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries, with Cairo as its capital.
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Semi-feudal stratocratic elective monarchy
Mamluk Sultanate: Status
It was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1517, after the Mamluk sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri was killed in battle against Ottoman Sultan Selim I at Marj Dabiq in 1516.
- Preceded By: Ayyubid Sultanate
- Succeeded By: The Ottoman Empire
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In Era: The Post-Classical and Medieval Period, lead paragraph and infobox, existence dates
The Mamluk Sultanate (), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to
In Era: The Early Modern Period, lead paragraph and infobox, existence dates
The Mamluk Sultanate (), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to
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