Two conditions favoured the emergence of the Baḥrī Mamlūk Sultanate: the evolved state of the mamluk institution in the thirteenth century, and the nascent political hegemony of Egypt in the region ...

From the palaces of Mamluk Egypt to the courts of Europe, these staple cards have travelled a long and complex road.

The Mamluk Sultanate ruled Egypt, Syria and the Arabian hinterland along the Red Sea. Lasting from the deposition of the Ayyubid dynasty (c. 1250) to the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517, this regime ...

The Mamluk empire was at the apex of its power in the 14th century under Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun. He ruled for 41 years, a record never surpassed by any Mamluk sovereign. Cairo was ...

The mosque holds significant historical and archaeological importance, belonging to the Mamluk era. It is adorned with distinctive ... built by Prince Baybars bin Abdullah bin Abdul Karim bin Omar, a ...