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Sultans of the Mamluk Sultanate The Cairo Citadel, the seat of power of the Mamluk sultans Details Last monarch Tuman bay II Formation 1250 Abolition 1517 Residence Cairo The following is a list of Mamluk sultans. The Mamluk Sultanate was founded in 1250 by mamluks of the Ayyubid sultan as-Salih Ayyub and it succeeded the Ayyubid state. It was based in Cairo and for much of its history, the ...
The Mamluk sultan was the supreme government authority, while he delegated power to provincial governors known as nuwwab al-saltana (deputy sultans, sing. na'ib al-saltana). The vice-regent of Egypt was the top na'ib, followed by the na'ib of Damascus, then Aleppo, then the nuwwab of al-Karak, Safed, Tripoli, Homs and Hama.
Mamluk or Mamaluk (/ ˈ m æ m l uː k /; Arabic: مملوك, romanized: mamlūk (singular), مماليك, mamālīk (plural); [2] translated as "one who is owned", [5] meaning "slave") [7] were non-Arab, ethnically diverse (mostly Turkic, Caucasian, Eastern and Southeastern European) enslaved mercenaries, slave-soldiers, and freed slaves who were assigned high-ranking military and ...
Doorkeeper of sultan's court Iqta: إقطاع: Revenue from land allotment Jamkiya: جامكية: Salary paid to a Mamluk Jashnakir: جاشنكير: Food taster of the sultan (to assure his food and drink was not poisoned) Jomdar: جمدار: An official at the department of the Sultan's clothing (from Persian جامهدار, meaning keeper ...
Although sultans typically designated their sons to succeed them after death, the latter rarely lasted more than a few years before being usurped by one of the powerful Mamluk commanders, usually from among the Mamluks purchased by previous sultans. [5] Political power-plays often became important in designating a new sultan. [11]
[Vassals to Mamluk sultans after 1260] Al-Muzaffar III Mahmud, son of al-Mansur II Muhammad, 1284–1299 [Ruled by emirs of Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Muhammad, 1299–1310] Abu al-Fida, son of Malik ul-Afdal (brother of al-Mansur II Muhammad), 1310–1332; Al-Afdal Muhammad, son of Abu al-Fida, 1332–1341. Formal takeover by Mamluk sultanate in 1341.
Main article: List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire. All Ottoman sultans from the conquest of the Mamluks in 1517 until the abolition of the caliphate in 1924 claimed the title “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.” Notable holders after 1517 include: Selim I (r. 1512–1520) – conquered the Mamluk Sultanate in 1517; Suleiman I (r. 1520–1566)
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