MIDEAST 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Jezreel Valley, Baibars, Via Maris
24 Dec 2018
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Origins in central asia (modern day kazakhstan) harsh conditions in region made inhabitants physically strong muslim expeditions to kidnap central. Asian boys aged 13-17: mamluks = soldier slaves trained in camps & converted to islam. Mamluks could rise to positions of power in military while still enslaved. Baybars = military leader of mamluks in bakriah camp on island in delta of nile. 7th crusade: led by king louie ix planned to infiltrate holy land thru egypt. Baybars defeats & captures alive king louie ix simultaneously, ayubian unrest & sultan dies widow of sultan marries mamluk slave mamluk slave declares himself sultan (1250) Baghdad sacked by mongols (1258) & damascus captured by mongols (1259) . meanwhile, mamluks advance from egypt to confront mongols ein galud (sep. 1260): mamluks vs. mongols : cavalries in close battle in jezreel valley on via maris . Baybars & mamluks win , baybars = military hero baybars ordered back to egypt.
