Capture of Cairo
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The capture of Cairo was the final major engagement of the Ottoman Mamluk War of 1516-1517. The city of Cairo, the capital of the Mamluk Sultanate, was sacked and fell into the hands of the Ottoman forces led by Sultan Selim I during the 27-30 January 1517. Following Cairo's fall and the subsequent execution of the last Mamluk Sultan and member of the Abbasid dynasty: Tuman Bay II, the Mamluk Sultanate was absorbed into the expanding Ottoman Empire. Following its conquest, Cairo saw its status reduced from the previously the capital of the Mamluk Sultanate to a provincial city governed from Constantinople. The economic trends from the later years of the Mamluk Sultanate continued under Ottoman rule, with the country being increasingly subject to taxation by the imperial government and its status as a military base to launch further expansion into surrounding lands.
1517
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Ottoman Empire, Mamluk Sultanate, Abbasids, Egypt,
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Location: 30.0667, 31.2167, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | Old Kingdom of Egypt | Wikidata | ||
| area | region | 1250 | Mamluk Sultanate | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1867 | Khedivate of Egypt | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1914 | Sultanate of Egypt | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1922 | Kingdom of Egypt | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1953 | Republic of Egypt | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1958 | United Arab Republic | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 46 | Battle of Castra Iudaeorum | Pergamon, Hasmonean Kingdom, Ptolemaic Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 666 | Battle of Memphis | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 632 | Battle of Ghamra | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 639 | Siege of Memphis | Byzantine Empire, siege, Rashidun Caliphate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 640 | Siege of Babylon Fortress | Byzantine Empire, siege, Rashidun Caliphate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 640 | Battle of Heliopolis | Byzantine Empire, battle, Rashidun Caliphate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1167 | Battle of al-Babein | battle, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Zengid dynasty | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1169 | Battle of the Blacks | battle, street fighting | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1367 | Battle of Cairo | rebellion, battle, Mamluk Sultanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1517 | Capture of Cairo | Ottoman Empire, Mamluk Sultanate, siege, Abbasids | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1798 | Battle of the Pyramids | Ottoman Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1798 | Revolt of Cairo | invasion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1800 | Battle of Heliopolis | battle, Ottoman Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1801 | Siege of Cairo | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1801 | Battle of Al Khankah | Ottoman Empire, French First Republic, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1854 | Hejaz rebellion | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Bombardment of Cairo | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2013 | Battle of Kerdasa | battle | Wikidata |
| event | war | 969 | Fatimid conquest of Egypt | war, Abbasid Caliphate, Fatimid Caliphate, conquest, Ikhshidid dynasty | Wikidata |
| organisation | arms industry | 1974 | Abu Zaabal Engineering Industries | joint-stock company, state-owned enterprise, arms industry, company | Wikidata |
| organisation | arms industry | 2016 | Abu Zaabal Specialized Industries | joint-stock company, arms industry, state-owned enterprise, company | Wikidata |
| organisation | military branch | 1820 | Egyptian Army | army | Wikidata |
| site | fort | al-Kabsh citadel | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Babylon Fortress | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort On | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Memphis Fort | fort | Wikidata | |