The Islamic City · event 11 of 15

1250

The Mamluks take power. Slave soldiers seize the sultanate and hold it for 267 years. Cairo becomes the largest city west of China.

The The Islamic City era

  1. 641
  2. 750
  3. 868
  4. 879
  5. 969
  6. 970
  7. 1087
  8. 1168
  9. 1171
  10. 1176
  11. 1250
  12. 1258
  13. 1348
  14. 1356–1363
  15. 1474

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