Military of the Mamluk Sultanate

Military of the Mamluk Sultanate
جيش السلطنة المملوكية (Egyptian Arabic)
Ⲛⲉⲛⲁⲗⲁⲥⲱϯ ⲛ̀ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛ̀ⲙⲉⲙⲗⲟⲩⲕⲓ (Coptic)
MottoConquest from God and a near victory (فتح من الله ونصر قريب)
I put my trust in God
(توكلت على الله)
If we live, we live happily, and if we get killed, we die as martyrs (فإن عشنا عشنا سعداء وإن قتلنا قتلنا شهداء)
Founded1250
Current form1260
Disbanded1517
Service branchesEgyptian Army
Levantine Army
HeadquartersCairo, Egyptian Sultanate
Leadership
Commander-in-chiefAtabek al-Asakir
Personnel
ConscriptionYes
Deployed personnel
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History

The Military of the Mamluk Sultanate (Egyptian Arabic: جيش السلطنة المملوكية, Coptic: Ⲛⲉⲛⲁⲗⲁⲥⲱϯ ⲛ̀ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛ̀ⲙⲉⲙⲗⲟⲩⲕⲓ), officially known as Al-Asakir al-Masria (Egyptian Arabic: العساكر المصرية, lit.'Egyptian troops', Coptic: Ⲛⲉⲛⲁⲗⲁⲥⲱϯ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲓ) or Al-Askar al-Masri (Egyptian Arabic: العسكر المصري, lit.'Egyptian troops') or Al-Jund al-Masri (Egyptian Arabic: الجند المصري, lit.'Egyptian soldiers') or Al-Asakir al-Mansoura (Egyptian Arabic: العساكر المنصورة, lit.'Victorious troops'), was the official armed forces of the Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate.[1][2][3]

One of the banners of the Egyptian soldiers in the Second Battle of Homs
  1. ^ Ibn Taghribirdi, النجوم الزاهرة في ملوك مصر والقاهرة, vol. 8, p. 5.
  2. ^ Humphreys, R. Stephen (1977). "The Emergence of the Mamluk Army (Conclusion)". Studia Islamica (46): 147–182. doi:10.2307/1595291. ISSN 0585-5292. JSTOR 1595291.
  3. ^ Ibn Taghribirdi, النجوم الزاهرة في ملوك مصر والقاهرة, vol. 13, p. 219.