Mamluk(e) Sultanate - in Egypt and Syria (1250-1517) Ottoman Sultanate - originally in Asia Minor (c. 1300-1922) Delhi Sultanate (1206-1398 or 1526)
1250 Mamluks seize power in Egypt 1260 Mamluks defeat Mongols in Syria 1261 Baybars installs ‘Abbasid caliph in Cairo 1517 Ottomans oust Mamluks Saladin (d. 1193) mamluk = “owned” Qipchaq steppe Baybars (r. 1260-77)
Map Link: Rise of the Mamluk Sultanate: <https://cmes.uchicago.edu/sites/cmes.uchicago.edu/files/ uploads/Maps/Map%20-%20Mamluks%20sieze% 20power%20-%20base.pdf>
Sultan Hasan Mosque/Tomb/Madrasa (religious college) Complex, Cairo (bt. 1356-63) Map Link: Mamluk Conquest of the Coast: <https://cmes.uchicago.edu/sites/cmes.uchicago.edu/files/ uploads/Maps/Map%20-%20Mamluks%20 conquer%20coast%201263-91.pdf>
640s Muslim raids into India begin Mahmud of Ghazna (r. 998-1030) Map Link: Muslim India (1100-1400): <https://cmes.uchicago.edu/sites/cmes.uchicago.edu/files/ uploads/Maps/Map%20-%20India%20Muslim %20Conquest.pdf>
1186-1206 Reign of Ghurid sultan Muhammad 1206 Qutb al-Din Aybak assassinates Muhammad, declares self sultan of Delhi (r. 1206-10) 1206-1398 or 1526 Delhi Sultanate in India 1351-88 Reign of Sultan Firuz 1388-98 Civil war in India
Qutb Complex, Delhi (bt. c. 1206-1388)
Saljuq Sultanate of Rum, c. 1200 Ottoman Empire, founded by Osman Soghut gazi/ghazi = holy warrior Map Link: Ottoman Empire to 1512: <https://cmes.uchicago.edu/sites/cmes.uchicago.edu/files/ uploads/Maps/Map%20-%20Ottomans%20to %201512.pdf>
1326 Orhan (r. 1326-62) takes Bursa 1361 Orhan takes Edirne 1362-89 Reign of Murat (Murad) I 1389-1402 Reign of Bayezit (Bayezid) I
Janissary, from Yeni Çeri = “New Force” devshirme system Janissary, from Yeni Çeri = “New Force”
1395 Bayezit besieges Constantinople 1396 Bayezit defeats crusaders at Nicopolis
Ibn Khaldun (b. Tunis 1332, d. Cairo 1406) Wali al-Din ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad Famous Muslim historian, sociologist and philosopher Born in Tunis, standard religious education Parents died of plague when he was 17
Ibn Khaldun (b. Tunis 1332, d. Cairo 1406) Went to court at Fez and took up administrative position, but soon left it to travel. Had various adventures and worked in various courts in Spain and N. Africa Eventually went to Cairo to escape plot, arrived 1382 Became popular teacher, held various teaching and legal positions, incl. occasional work for Mamluk sultans. Met Timur Lang
Ibn Khaldun (b. Tunis 1332, d. Cairo 1406) Ambitious, adventurous, ruthless and not averse to convenient changes of loyalty Ultimate aim seems to have been revivification of collapsing Muslim civilisation Best known for two works: 1. Al-Muqaddima - introduction to historian’s craft as scientific pursuit 2. Kitab al-‘Ibar - universal history
Ibn Fadl Allah al-‘Umari (1301-49) Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Fadl Allah al-‘Umari Born in Damascus into family of bureaucrats Began career in chancery in Cairo, but dismissed after quarrel with sultan, and imprisoned after further quarrel Soon released and became head of chancery in Damascus, but dismissed after 3 years
Ibn Fadl Allah al-‘Umari (1301-49) Died of fever in 1349 Various works. Best known for al-Ta‘rif bi’l-Mustalah al-Sharif - manual on administration explaining organisation of Mamluk empire and manners of correspondence with various offices and foreign powers
Anonymous Ottoman Chronicle Author unknown Goes up to late 15th c.