Territorial change of Mamluk Sultanate

“Mamluk Sultanate” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1241 to 1518. Its territory was largest in AD 1516 – 1518, at ≈ 1.85 million km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1241 – 1249≈ 287 thousand km²
AD 1250 – 1259≈ 1.52 million km²
AD 1260 – 1271≈ 1.34 million km²
AD 1272 – 1278≈ 1.47 million km²
AD 1279 – 1293≈ 1.68 million km²
AD 1294 – 1343≈ 1.47 million km²
AD 1344 – 1351≈ 1.47 million km²
AD 1352 – 1362≈ 1.47 million km²
AD 1363 – 1374≈ 1.47 million km²
AD 1375 – 1384≈ 1.50 million km²
AD 1385 – 1401≈ 1.48 million km²
AD 1402 – 1406≈ 1.45 million km²
AD 1407 – 1414≈ 1.48 million km²
AD 1415 – 1467≈ 1.48 million km²
AD 1468 – 1515≈ 1.48 million km²
AD 1516 – 1518≈ 1.85 million km²
AD 1241AD 1518

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1516 – 1518 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1241≈ 287 thousand km²21 of 130
AD 1250≈ 1.52 million km²3 of 118
AD 1260≈ 1.34 million km²3 of 123
AD 1270≈ 1.34 million km²3 of 123
AD 1272≈ 1.47 million km²3 of 121
AD 1279≈ 1.68 million km²2 of 122
AD 1285≈ 1.68 million km²2 of 128
AD 1294≈ 1.47 million km²5 of 145
AD 1305≈ 1.47 million km²5 of 152
AD 1314≈ 1.47 million km²6 of 151
AD 1326≈ 1.47 million km²7 of 144
AD 1333≈ 1.47 million km²7 of 145
AD 1344≈ 1.47 million km²6 of 148
AD 1352≈ 1.47 million km²5 of 139
AD 1356≈ 1.47 million km²5 of 139
AD 1363≈ 1.47 million km²7 of 147
AD 1375≈ 1.50 million km²7 of 154
AD 1385≈ 1.48 million km²9 of 154
AD 1392≈ 1.48 million km²9 of 154
AD 1395≈ 1.48 million km²9 of 149
AD 1402≈ 1.45 million km²8 of 141
AD 1407≈ 1.48 million km²8 of 141
AD 1415≈ 1.48 million km²8 of 136
AD 1422≈ 1.48 million km²8 of 132
AD 1429≈ 1.48 million km²9 of 130
AD 1431≈ 1.48 million km²9 of 130
AD 1440≈ 1.48 million km²8 of 129
AD 1450≈ 1.48 million km²8 of 127
AD 1453≈ 1.48 million km²8 of 130
AD 1459≈ 1.48 million km²8 of 132
AD 1463≈ 1.48 million km²6 of 132
AD 1468≈ 1.48 million km²7 of 140
AD 1475≈ 1.48 million km²8 of 137
AD 1482≈ 1.48 million km²9 of 131
AD 1487≈ 1.48 million km²9 of 129
AD 1492≈ 1.48 million km²9 of 129
AD 1497≈ 1.48 million km²10 of 130
AD 1502≈ 1.48 million km²10 of 129
AD 1507≈ 1.48 million km²9 of 125
AD 1512≈ 1.48 million km²9 of 124
AD 1516≈ 1.85 million km²7 of 123

Its highest rank was in AD 1279: number 122 of 2.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 9 by area.

FrameOther countryArea
AD 1519lostOttoman Empire≈ 1.64 million km²
AD 1250gainedAyyubid dynasty≈ 1.23 million km²
AD 1516gainedTahirid dynasty≈ 375 thousand km²
AD 1279gainedMakuria≈ 213 thousand km²
AD 1260lostMongol Empire≈ 164 thousand km²
AD 1272gainedMongol Empire≈ 106 thousand km²
AD 1375gainedArmenian Kingdom of Cilicia≈ 29 thousand km²
AD 1402lostTimurid Empire≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 1407gainedTimurid Empire≈ 26 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Abbasid Caliphate · Kingdom of Jerusalem · Ayyubid Egypt

Succeeded by: Habesh eyalet

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Mamluk Sultanate (Arabic: سلطنة المماليك, romanized: Salṭanat al-Mamālīk), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries, with Cairo as its capital.

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