Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri
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Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri or Qansuh II al-Ghawri was the penultimate Mamluk Sultan. One of the last and most powerful of the Burji dynasty, he reigned from 1501 to 1516.
Portrait by Florentine painter Cristofano dell'Altissimo, Uffizi Gallery
Venetian embassy to the Mamluk Governor in Damascus in 1511, during the reign of Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri. Workshop of Giovanni Bellini.
The Mamluks defended Jeddah against the Portuguese under Ottoman naval commander Selman Reis, in the Siege of Jeddah (1517)
Wikala of Al-Ghuri, one of al-Ghuri's many constructions in Cairo, completed in 1505
Battle of Marj Dabiq
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The Battle of Marj Dābiq, a decisive military engagement in Middle Eastern history, was fought on 24 August 1516, near the town of Dabiq, 44 km north of Aleppo. The battle was part of the 1516–17 war
Portrait of Selim I by Konstantin Kapıdağlı
Portrait of Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri, by Paolo Giovio (1483–1552)
Ottoman heavy cavalry, circa 1550