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Mamluk Military Slavery

Type Object Region Egypt Time 1250–1517

Mamluk military slavery was the core military-political institution of Egypt and Syria from the Ayyubid dynasty to the Mamluk Sultanate;…

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  1. 1261Cairo · EgyptAfter the Battle of Ain Jalut in 1260, the mamluk general Baybars murdered the sultan in 1261 and seized power himself, establishing the military slave corps as the supreme power center of the sultanate, tightly binding the military system to the court.
  2. c. 1265–1270Syria · SyriaDuring Baybars' reign, the mamluk corps organization and promotion ladder, divided by place of origin, were perfected, with warriors sustained by iqta fiefs, making military slavery a solid foundation of rule spanning Egypt and Syria.

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