Rosetta or Rashid is a port city of the Nile Delta, 65 km (40 mi) east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The Rosetta Stone was discovered there in 1799.
Sayf al-Din Qutuz, also romanized as Kutuz or Kotuz and fully al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Sayf ad-Dīn Quṭuz, was the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt. He reigned as Sultan for less than a year, from 1259 until his assassination in 1260, but served as the de facto ruler for two decades.
Al-Malik Al-Ashraf Salāh ad-Dīn Khalil ibn Qalawūn was the eighth Turkic Bahri Mamluk sultan, succeeding his father Qalawun. He served from 12 November 1290 until his assassination in December 1293. He was well known for conquering the last of the Crusader states in Palestine after the siege of Acre in 1291. While walking with a friend, Khalil was attacked and assassinated by Baydara and his followers, who was then killed under the orders of Kitbugha.
Al-Malik an-Nasir Nasir ad-Din Muhammad ibn Qalawun, commonly known as an-Nasir Muhammad, or by his kunya: Abu al-Ma'ali or as Ibn Qalawun (1285–1341) was the ninth Mamluk sultan of the Bahri dynasty who ruled Egypt between 1293–1294, 1299–1309, and 1310 until his death in 1341. During his first reign he was dominated by Kitbugha and al-Shuja‘i, while during his second reign he was dominated by Baibars and Salar. Not wanting to be dominated or deprived of his full rights as a sultan by his third reign, an-Nasir executed Baibars and accepted the resignation of Salar as vice Sultan.
Izz al-Din Aybak was the first of the Mamluk sultans of Egypt in the Turkic Bahri line. He ruled from 1250 until his death in 1257.
An-Nasir Yusuf, fully al-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn al-Aziz ibn al-Zahir ibn Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shazy, was the Ayyubid Kurdish Emir of Syria from his seat in Aleppo (1236–1260), and the Sultan of the Ayyubid Empire from 1250 until the sack of Aleppo by the Mongols in 1260.
Kitbugha, royal name: al-Malik al-Adil Zayn-ad-Din Kitbugha Ben Abd-Allah al-Mansuri al-Turki al-Mughli; Arabic: الملك العادل زين الدين كتبغا بن عبد الله المنصورى التركى المغلى) was the 10th Mamluk sultan of Egypt from December 1294 to November 1296.
Jamal al-Din Yusuf bin al-Amir Sayf al-Din Taghribirdi, or Abū al-Maḥāsin Yūsuf ibn Taghrī-Birdī, or Ibn Taghribirdi was an Islamic historian born in the 15th century in Mamluk Egypt. He studied under al-Ayni and al-Maqrizi, two of the leading Cairene historians and scholars of the day.
Badr al-Dīn Abū al-Ma‘ālī Ḥasan ibn ‘Ajlān ibn Rumaythah ibn Abī Numayy al-Ḥasanī was Emir of Mecca from 1396 to 1426 with interruptions, and the first Vice Sultan in the Hejaz from 1408 to 1416.
Saryaqos is a village in the Khanka markaz located in the Qalyubiyya Governorate in Egypt, in the northern part of the Cairo metropolitan area, at the start of the Nile Delta. in 2006, it had a population of 22,805.
Abdullah bin Abdul Latif bin Ahmad bin Mahammad bin Abi Bakr bin Abdullah bin Abdul Mohsen el-Mohib Abu el-Tayeb bin el-Baha Abi el-Baqa bin el-Shihab Abu el-Abbas el-Sulami el-Mahli el-Shafi'i bin el-Emam, commonly known as El-Mohib bin el-Emam, was an Egyptian judge and religious scholar from the Egyptian el-Emam family.
The siege of Rumkale or the fall of Rumkale took place in 691 AH/1292 AD and resulted in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia losing the castle of Rumkale to the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt.
Nasir el-Din Shafi’ bin Ali bin Abbas el-Kinani el-Asqalani el-Masry, commonly known as Shafi' bin Ali el-Masry was an Egyptian writer, historian, biographer, poet and military commander who participated in the conquests of the Egyptian army during the era of Sultan El-Mansur Seif el-Din Qalawun.
The Military of the Mamluk Sultanate, officially known as Al-Asakir al-Masria or Al-Askar al-Masri or Al-Jund al-Masri or Al-Asakir al-Mansoura, was the official armed forces of the Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate.
Al-Ruk al-Nasiri refers to the process of land surveying that took place during the reign of the Sultan Al-Nasir Mahammad bin Qalawun. Al-Qalqashandi mentioned that the Al-Ruk al-Nasiri began in the year 716 AH/1316 AD, but Al-Maqrizi mentioned that it began in the year 715 AH/1315 AD. Al-Ruk al-Nasiri helped in the equitable distribution of lands and control over the feudal lords.
The battle of al-Jassora took place on 18 June 1280 in the al-Jassora region in Syria between the Egyptian army led by Emir Alam al-Din Sanjar and a Levantine army led by Sunqur al-Ashqar, the ruler in the name of al-Malik al-Kamil, supported by the Arab princes Shihab al-Din ibn Hajji and Sharaf al-Din ibn Muhanna.
Mahammad bin Fadlallah al-Qibti, commonly known as Fakhr al-Din al-Qibti was the Egyptian Supervisor of the armies in the Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate and second in command after the Sultan of Egypt al-Nasir Mahammad bin Qalawun.
Al-Qadi al-Amir Saad al-Din Ibrahim bin Abd al-Razzaq bin Ghurab al-Qibti al-Iskandarani al-Masry, Saad al-Din bin Alam al-Din bin Shams al-Din or commonly known as Saad al-Din bin Ghurab was Amir al-Umara in the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and its de facto ruler starting from 1399, since the death of Sultan al-Zahir Barquq. Ibn Ghurab was able to combine the functions of Arbab al-Aqlam and Arbab al-Syouf. He played a role in controlling the effects of the famine that struck Egypt by distributing bread, clothing and food, and spending money in charitable ways.
Abu al-Abbas Zayn al-Din Ahmad bin Fakhr al-Din Mahammad bin Bahaa al-Din bin Hanna was the Wazir al-Sohba to the Sultan of Egypt, Baybars, and was one of his closest men.
Badr al-Din Musa bin Sayf al-Din Abi Bakr Muhammad al-Azkashi also known as Ibn al-Azkashi was a Marwani Kurdish emir of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt. He was one of the Muqadimi al-Halqa al-Shamia in the Mamluk army that participated in the Battle of Marj al-Saffar against the Mongols in 1303. He was praised for his leadership role in the battle and his good performance in fighting the Mongols. In appreciation of his efforts, Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun promoted him to the rank of Amir Tabalkhana and then appointed him as na'ib (deputy) of al-Rahba in the same year.
Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Egyptian army