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This document summarizes a scholarly article about why the Ottomans spared the Mamluk rulers of Egypt but wiped out the Mamluks of Syria after conquering both regions. It provides background on the Ottoman expansion into Islamic lands in the early 16th century and their defeat of the Mamluk and Safavid empires. It argues the Ottomans initially wanted to eliminate the Mamluks but reinstated them in Egypt due to needing their military manpower for garrisons and facing threats from the Portuguese, Franks, and

Author

Alperen Kinikli

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