Kipchaks: Mamluk, Cuman people, Kimek Khanate, Kurgan stelae, Bahri dynasty, Cumania, Syrgiannes Palaiologos, Kipchaks in Georgia - Brossura
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Mamluk, Cuman people, Kimek Khanate, Kurgan stelae, Bahri dynasty, Cumania, Syrgiannes Palaiologos, Kipchaks in Georgia, Kipchak people, Kui, Battle of Levounion, Kimek tribe, Codex Cumanicus, Battle of Beroia, Köten, Battle of the Alta River, Ildeniz, Saqsin, Cuman language, South Kipchakya, Otrok, Chernye Klobuki, Faris ad-Din Aktai, Qutlu Arslan, Kipchak language, Ayyub Khan, Bachman Khan. Excerpt: A Mamluk (Turkish: Memlük, also called Kölemen; Arabic: (singular), mamālīk (plural), "owned"; also transliterated mamlouk, mamluq, mamluke, mameluk, mameluke, mamaluke or marmeluke) was a soldier of slave origin. The "mamluk phenomenon", as David Ayalon dubbed the creation of the specific warrior class, was of great political importance and was extraordinarily long-lived, lasting from the 9th to the 19th century AD. Over time, mamluks became a powerful military caste in various Muslim societies. Particularly in Egypt, but also in the Levant, Iraq, and India, mamluks held political and military power. In some cases, they attained the rank of sultan, while in others they held regional power as amirs or beys. Most notably, mamluk factions seized the sultanate for themselves in Egypt and Syria in a period known as the Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517). The Mamluk Sultanate famously beat back the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut and fought the Crusaders effectively driving them out from the Levant by 1291 and officially in 1302 ending the era of the Crusades. They were of varied ancestry but were often Kipchak Turks/Cumans, depending on the period and region in question. While mamluks were purchased, their status was above ordinary slaves, who were not allowed to carry weapons or perform certain tasks. In places such as Egypt from the Ayyubid dynasty to the time of Muhammad Ali of Egypt, mamluks were considered to be "true lo...
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- EditoreBooks LLC, Wiki Series
- Data di pubblicazione2011
- ISBN 10 1155707427
- ISBN 13 9781155707426
- RilegaturaTapa blanda
- LinguaInglese
- Numero di pagine42
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