Rise of the Mamluks - Animated Medieval History DOCUMENTARY

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For any misconceptions, a Mamluk state is largely based on the constitution (warrior caste system) the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and the Delhi Sultanate are the two best examples of Mamluk kingdoms while polities like the Ghaznavids aren't Mamluk kingdoms but rather dynastic-kingdoms with a ruling family only of Mamluk background

Baibars deserves a biopic, he was one of the most badass dudes of the Middle Ages.

I knew about the Mamluks as a nation but never knew they were a "class" of people within Islamic society, thank you for the content :D

Slave marrying the wife of his deceased master and get to inherit his entire kingdom does not even exist in fiction!

Baybars was also a consummate diplomat, able to negotiate treaties that harmed his opponents while benefiting himself. Furthermore, he was prudent in his choices, only engaging the Il-Khanate on his own terms and whittling away its cli- ents when the il-khan was occupied elsewhere. His actions were impressive by any standard, but when one considers that he did this while simultaneously jockeying the literally cutthroat world of Mamluk politics, one must rank him as one of the greatest leaders in world history even though relatively few people today know the name. Baybars.

The term "Mamluk Sultanate" is a modern historiographical term. Arabic sources for the period of the Bahri Mamluks refer to the dynasty as the "State of the Turks" (Dawlat al-Atrak or Dawlat al-Turk) or "State of Turkey" (al-Dawla al-Turkiyya).

I like the fact that you used Gassan Mesud as Salahaddin Eyyubi in the video. After the movie Kingdom of Heaven that dude became the official Salahaddin for everyone 🤣🤣

Ironically, the Ayubid dynasty - which was overthrown by the Mamluk coup - came to power by a coup when Saladin overthrew the Fatimids.

Reminds me of the time in college one of my history professors was talking about Haiti being the first successful slave revolt. I then interjected “what about the Mamluks?” and she had to stop and think for a moment before going “oh…”

Netflix needs to make this into a big budget series. Such a fascinating and intense moment of the medieval world.

Bro... they even put in Baybars eye cataracts. I love this channel.

"See? This is why we got rid of the Janissaries! It was them, or the Empire!" - Ottomans.

In Arabic we write letters attached to each other to form a word For example Salah El Din is written صلاح الدين الأيوبي And not the way you wrote it I am big follower of the channel and only posting this out of love 😊 Keep up the great work

Shajur Al durr deserves her own episode

4:23 you should reverse the Arabic text, I wish video editing softwares were able to just paste Arabic text normally

Please Make Documentaries On The Following Empires: 1. Songhai Empire 2. Mali Empire 3. Ghana Empire 4. Aksumite Empire 5. Benin Empire 6. Kongo Empire 7. Kushite Empire 8. Oyo Empire 9. Ife Empire 10. Ashanti Empire

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