Military of the Mamluk Sultanate

Military of the Mamluk Sultanate
Military of the Mamluk Sultanate
جيش السلطنة المملوكية (Egyptian Arabic); Ⲛⲉⲛⲁⲗⲁⲥⲱϯ ⲛ̀ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛ̀ⲙⲉⲙⲗⲟⲩⲕⲓ (Coptic)
Motto	Conquest from God and a near victory (فتح من الله ونصر قريب); I put my trust in God; (توكلت على الله); If we live, we live happily, and if we get killed, we die as martyrs (فإن عشنا عشنا سعداء وإن قتلنا قتلنا شهداء)
Founded	1250
Current form	1260
Disbanded	1517
Service branches	Egyptian Army; Levantine Army
Headquarters	Cairo, Egyptian Sultanate
Leadership
Commander-in-chief	Atabek al-Asakir
Personnel
Conscription	Yes
Deployed personnel	List of areas of operations Egypt; Levant; Cyrenaica; Hejaz; Nubia; Anatolia; Arabian Peninsula; Upper Mesopotamia; Iraq; Ifriqiya; Cyprus; Rhodes
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History	List of engagements Battle of al-Kura 1251; Battle of Ain Jalut 1260; First Battle of Homs 1260; Fall of Arsuf 1265; Fall of Haifa 1265; Battle of Mari 1266; Siege of Safed (1266); Siege of Antioch (1268); Conquest of Jaffa 1268; Fall of Krak des Chevaliers 1271; Siege of Tripoli (1271); Siege of Al-Bira 1272; Siege of Al-Rahba 1272; Siege of Al-Bira 1275; Battle of Dongola (1276); Second Battle of Sarvandik'ar 1276; Cilicia Campaign of Baybars 1276; Battle of Elbistan 1277; Battle of al-Jassora 1280; Second Battle of Homs 1281; Siege of Margat 1282; Fourth battle of Dongola 1287; Fall of Tripoli (1289); Siege of Acre (1291); Siege of Rumkale 1292; Sack of Dongola 1292; First Kisrawan campaign 1292; Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar 1299; Second Kisrawan campaign 1300; Fall of Ruad 1302; Battle of Marj al-Saffar (1303); Third Kisrawan campaign 1305; Battle of Dongola 1310; Capture of Ifriqiya 1311; Egyptian conquest of Malatya 1315; Battle of Cairo (1367); Fall of Sis 1375; Capture of Baghdad (1394); Sack of Aleppo (1400); Siege of Damascus (1400); Conquest of Diyarbakir 1428; Siege of Rhodes (1444); Capture of Aintab 1468; Battle of Urfa (1480); Adana campaign 1485; Battle of Aga-Cayiri 1488; Battle of Jeddah 1507; Hejaz rebellion 1507; Battle of Chaul 1508; Battle of Diu 1509; Battle of Marj Dabiq 1516 Battle of Yaunis Khan 1516; Battle of Ridaniya 1517; Siege of Jeddah 1517; Capture of Cairo (1517)

The Military of the Mamluk Sultanate (Egyptian Arabic: جيش السلطنة المملوكية, Coptic: Ⲛⲉⲛⲁⲗⲁⲥⲱϯ ⲛ̀ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛ̀ⲙⲉⲙⲗⲟⲩⲕⲓ), officially known as Al-Asakir al-Masria (Egyptian Arabic: العساكر المصرية, lit. 'Egyptian troops', Coptic: Ⲛⲉⲛⲁⲗⲁⲥⲱϯ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲓ) or Al-Askar al-Masri (Egyptian Arabic: العسكر المصري, lit. 'Egyptian troops') or Al-Jund al-Masri (Egyptian Arabic: الجند المصري, lit. 'Egyptian soldiers') or Al-Asakir al-Mansoura (Egyptian Arabic: العساكر المنصورة, lit. 'Victorious troops'), was the official armed forces of the Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Ibn Taghribirdi, النجوم الزاهرة في ملوك مصر والقاهرة, vol. 8, p. 5.
^ Humphreys, R. Stephen (1977). "The Emergence of the Mamluk Army (Conclusion)". Studia Islamica (46): 147–182. doi:10.2307/1595291. ISSN 0585-5292.
^ Ibn Taghribirdi, النجوم الزاهرة في ملوك مصر والقاهرة, vol. 13, p. 219.

[:0-1] Ibn Taghribirdi, النجوم الزاهرة في ملوك مصر والقاهرة, vol. 8, p. 5.

[:1-2] Humphreys, R. Stephen (1977). "The Emergence of the Mamluk Army (Conclusion)". Studia Islamica (46): 147–182. doi:10.2307/1595291. ISSN 0585-5292.

[:2-3] Ibn Taghribirdi, النجوم الزاهرة في ملوك مصر والقاهرة, vol. 13, p. 219.

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Military of the Mamluk Sultanate
جيش السلطنة المملوكية (Egyptian Arabic) Ⲛⲉⲛⲁⲗⲁⲥⲱϯ ⲛ̀ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛ̀ⲙⲉⲙⲗⲟⲩⲕⲓ (Coptic)

Motto	Conquest from God and a near victory (فتح من الله ونصر قريب) I put my trust in God (توكلت على الله) If we live, we live happily, and if we get killed, we die as martyrs (فإن عشنا عشنا سعداء وإن قتلنا قتلنا شهداء)
Founded	1250
Current form	1260
Disbanded	1517
Service branches	Egyptian Army Levantine Army
Headquarters	Cairo, Egyptian Sultanate
Leadership
Commander-in-chief	Atabek al-Asakir
Personnel
Conscription	Yes
Deployed personnel	List of areas of operations Egypt Levant Cyrenaica Hejaz Nubia Anatolia Arabian Peninsula Upper Mesopotamia Iraq Ifriqiya Cyprus Rhodes
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History	List of engagements Battle of al-Kura 1251 Battle of Ain Jalut 1260 First Battle of Homs 1260 Fall of Arsuf 1265 Fall of Haifa 1265 Battle of Mari 1266 Siege of Safed (1266) Siege of Antioch (1268) Conquest of Jaffa 1268 Fall of Krak des Chevaliers 1271 Siege of Tripoli (1271) Siege of Al-Bira 1272 Siege of Al-Rahba 1272 Siege of Al-Bira 1275 Battle of Dongola (1276) Second Battle of Sarvandik'ar 1276 Cilicia Campaign of Baybars 1276 Battle of Elbistan 1277 Battle of al-Jassora 1280 Second Battle of Homs 1281 Siege of Margat 1282 Fourth battle of Dongola 1287 Fall of Tripoli (1289) Siege of Acre (1291) Siege of Rumkale 1292 Sack of Dongola 1292 First Kisrawan campaign 1292 Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar 1299 Second Kisrawan campaign 1300 Fall of Ruad 1302 Battle of Marj al-Saffar (1303) Third Kisrawan campaign 1305 Battle of Dongola 1310 Capture of Ifriqiya 1311 Egyptian conquest of Malatya 1315 Battle of Cairo (1367) Fall of Sis 1375 Capture of Baghdad (1394) Sack of Aleppo (1400) Siege of Damascus (1400) Conquest of Diyarbakir 1428 Siege of Rhodes (1444) Capture of Aintab 1468 Battle of Urfa (1480) Adana campaign 1485 Battle of Aga-Cayiri 1488 Battle of Jeddah 1507 Hejaz rebellion 1507 Battle of Chaul 1508 Battle of Diu 1509 Battle of Marj Dabiq 1516 Battle of Yaunis Khan 1516 Battle of Ridaniya 1517 Siege of Jeddah 1517 Capture of Cairo (1517)