Battle of Marj Dabiq

Battle of Marj Dabiq
Part of Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17)

An Ottoman miniature depicting the battle
Date24 August 1516; 508 years ago (1516-08-24)[1]
Location
Dabiq, near Aleppo, Mamluk Sultanate (modern Syria)[2]
36°32′42″N 37°16′30″E / 36.545°N 37.275°E / 36.545; 37.275
Result

Ottoman victory

  • Ottoman annexation of Syria
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire
Mamluk rebels		 Mamluk Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Selim I
Hadım Sinan Pasha
Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha
Hayır Bey		 Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri †
Janbirdi al-Ghazali
Alaa el-Din bin el-Emam
Strength
60,000[3]

60,000–80,000[3][4][5][6]

The Battle of Marj Dābiq (Arabic: مرج دابق, meaning "the meadow of Dābiq"; Turkish: Mercidabık Muharebesi), a decisive military engagement in Middle Eastern history, was fought on 24 August 1516, near the town of Dabiq, 44 km north of Aleppo (modern Syria).[7] The battle was part of the 1516–17 war between the Ottoman Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate, which ended in an Ottoman victory and conquest of much of the Middle East and brought about the destruction of the Mamluk Sultanate. The Ottoman victory in the battle gave Selim's armies control of the entire region of Syria and opened the door to the conquest of Egypt.

  1. ^ Sir William Muir (1896). The Mameluke; or, Slave Dynasty of Egypt, 1260–1517, AD. Duquesne University Gumberg Library. Smith, Elder. p. 199.
  2. ^ Sir William Muir (1896). The Mameluke; or, Slave Dynasty of Egypt, 1260–1517, AD. Duquesne University Gumberg Library. Smith, Elder. p. 199.
  3. ^ a b Petry, p. 498
  4. ^ Ирмияева 2000.
  5. ^ Петросян 2013.
  6. ^ Emecen, Feridun. "Mercidâbik Muharebesi" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2020. (in Turkish)
  7. ^ Sir William Muir (1896). The Mameluke; or, Slave Dynasty of Egypt, 1260–1517, AD. Duquesne University Gumberg Library. Smith, Elder. p. 199.