Mamluks

Mamluks
   Dynasty of sultans that ruled Egypt (qq.v.) from 1250 until the Ottoman (q.v.) conquest in 1517. The dynastic name derives from the Turkish slave (mamluk in Arabic) bodyguard of the last Ayyubid sultan (qq.v.) of Cairo. The overthrow of the Ayyubids in 1250 is described in gripping detail in Joinville's Life of Saint Louis. Mamluk sultan Baybars (1260-1277) defeated the Mongol (q.v.) army of Hulagu at Ayn Jalut in 1260, becoming master of Syria (q.v.) in the process. The Mamluks next concentrated on ejecting the Crusaders from the Holy Land, which they did with the conquest of Acre in 1291.

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