Mamluk Red Sea Trade Controls (1301)

Name: Mamluk Red Sea Trade Controls (1301)
Start: 1301
End: 1302

Type Event Region Egypt Time 1301–1302

Around 1301, the Mamluks tightened fiscal and administrative control of the Red Sea–Indian Ocean spice route through dedicated officials and standard…

Timeline

1301Port of Jeddah · HejazMamluk authorities in Hejaz ports increased taxation and warehousing oversight of spices, luxuries, and other goods brought in by Karimi merchants, with part of the tariff revenue earmarked for the sultan to fund ongoing wars against the Mongols and the crusaders.
1301–1302Red Sea trade route · Red SeaThe overland transshipment chain from Aden–Jeddah–Egypt's interior operated under sultanate protection; European merchants buying goods in Alexandria and elsewhere still depended on this system, making Red Sea trade one of the Mamluk economic lifelines.

Sources

The Spice Trade in Mamluk Egypt — Walter J. Fischel (1958)
Indian Ocean Trade and Sultanic Authority — John L. Meloy (2015)