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Could I add at this juncture that the Mamluks ruled Egypt, Cairo being their HQ?
"The Ayyubid dynasty ended with the murder of the last caliph by Mamluks troops. The Mamluks then chose one of them as the new ruler, the Chief Mamluks Aybak, who began a period of Mamluks rule in Egypt that lasted from 1250 to 1517.
There were two dynasties of Mamluks, the Bahri Mamluks, who ruled Egypt until 1382, and the Circassian Mamluks. Being the ruling class of Egypt, they were the only people to have political rights, whereas the fellahin - Egyptian peasants - were considered mere providers of food and other materials.
Egypt under the Bahri Mamluks became a major force in the Muslim world. But under the Circassian Mamluks, its fortunes declined until constant bickering weakened the country and led to its conquest by the Ottomans."
I quote this from http://www.horus.ics.org.eg/html/the_mamluks.html but its a matter of recorded history
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"The Ayyubid dynasty ended with the murder of the last caliph by Mamluks troops. The Mamluks then chose one of them as the new ruler, the Chief Mamluks Aybak, who began a period of Mamluks rule in Egypt that lasted from 1250 to 1517.
There were two dynasties of Mamluks, the Bahri Mamluks, who ruled Egypt until 1382, and the Circassian Mamluks. Being the ruling class of Egypt, they were the only people to have political rights, whereas the fellahin - Egyptian peasants - were considered mere providers of food and other materials.
Egypt under the Bahri Mamluks became a major force in the Muslim world. But under the Circassian Mamluks, its fortunes declined until constant bickering weakened the country and led to its conquest by the Ottomans."
I quote this from http://www.horus.ics.org.eg/html/the_mamluks.html but its a matter of recorded history
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