The last Mamluk Sultan Tumanbey in the Ottoman-Mamluk war (1516–1517)

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  • Милана Юрьевна Илюшина St. Petersburg State University, 7/9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation; National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), 16, ul. Soyuza Pechatnikov, St. Petersburg, 190008, Russian Federation

Abstract

Tumanbey (1516–1517) was the last head of Mamluk Sultanate, the powerful state created by slavessoldiers in Egypt in the XIII century and lasting for more than 250 years. Tumanbey ruled only for some months, after the main battle in the second Ottoman-Mamluk war (by Marge Dabik). Tumanbey had a difficult choice: to defend independence, risking to lose the power and to die or to accept defeat, having a chance to keep not only life, but also a place in political elite of Egypt. He came to the throne in very difficult circumstances. In fight at Marge Dabik Qansukh al-Guri’s army was crushed. The Egyptian treasury appeared in Selim I’s hands that deprived Tumanbey of opportunity to equip new army and to stop advance of Ottomans. The strategy of fight developed during numerous mutinies for control over the capital, military valor, personal courage and phenomenal persistence in aspiration to a victory did not help Tumanbey to keep the power. Detailed consideration of events of the end 1516 — the first half of 1517, a number of details concerning the finance and the army of Sultanate allow to reveal some factors which led Tumanbey to death, and to present a clearer picture of the final stage of Ottoman-Mamluk opposition.

Keywords:

Tumanbey, Mamluks, Egypt

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2016-03-21

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Илюшина, М. Ю. (2016). The last Mamluk Sultan Tumanbey in the Ottoman-Mamluk war (1516–1517). Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, (1), 49–58. Retrieved from https://aasjournal.spbu.ru/article/view/1846

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No. 1 (2016): Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Series 13. Asian Studies. African Studies

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