Mamluk Sultanate Rule over Syria and Egypt (1430s)

Name: Mamluk Sultanate Rule over Syria and Egypt (1430s)
Start: 1431
End: 1440

Type Event Region 全世界 Time 1431–1440

In the 1430s the Mamluk Sultanate, centered on Cairo, ruled Syria and Egypt, controlling Red Sea and Indian Ocean trade under sultans Barsbay and Jaq…

Timeline

1431–1438Cairo · EgyptBarsbay strengthened the state monopoly on the spice trade, built caravanserais and port facilities, and dispatched forces to intervene in Cyprus to secure eastern Mediterranean sea lanes.
1438–1440Damascus · SyriaAfter acceding, Jaqmaq reorganized the military and administration of the Syrian province, maintained defenses against Turkmen tribes on the Anatolian frontier, and kept a balance of power with the Cairo court.

Sources

The Cambridge History of Egypt, Volume 1: Islamic Egypt, 640-1517 (1998)