Mamluk Sultanate (jan 1, 1258 – jan 1, 1517)
Description:
Egyptian Mamluks were enslaved people often purchased by Arabs. They mostly ethnic Turks from Central Asia. They served as soldiers so they had social mobility.- major source of social distress on the Abbasid Caliphate.
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Date:
jan 1, 1258
jan 1, 1517
~ 259 years