- State of Turkey
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Not to be confused with Republic of Turkey or Ottoman Empire.
The State of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Devleti, Arabic: Dawla al-Turkiyya) was the official name of the Mamluk Sultanate which was a regime which ruled Egypt from the mid-13th century to the early 16th century. By the time of the fall of the Ayyubids, most Mamluks were Kipchak Turks.[1]
References
- ^ Isichei, Elizabeth (1997). A History of African Societies to 1870. Cambridge University Press. pp. 192.
Categories:- Mamluk Egypt
- Geography of Egypt
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