Qaitbay
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Sultan Abu Al-Nasr Sayf ad-Din Al-Ashraf Qaitbay ruled the Mamluk Sultanate from 1468 to 1496.
Mamluk Sultan Qaytbay ("Mag Caitbeivs Cairi Svltan") by Florentine painter Cristofano dell'Altissimo (16th century), Galleria degli Uffizi
Anonymous Venetian painting depicting the reception of Venetian ambassadors in Damascus. The wall in the background is decorated with Qaitbay's blazon.
Qaitbay plate at Prophet's Mosque in Medina, located behind the Mihrab Al-Nabawi (the main mihrab)
Citadel of Qaitbay in Alexandria built in 1477
The Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1485–1491 took place when the Ottoman Sultanate invaded the Mamluk Sultanate's territories of Anatolia and Syria. This war was an essential event in the Ottoman struggle for
Qaitbay
…Burji dynasty, Qaitbay stabilized the Mamluk state and economy. He consolidated the northern boundaries of the Sultanate with the Ottoman Empire after a series of wars between 1485 and 1491, and engaged in trade with other contemporaneous polities. Qaitbay was Circassian by birth, and was purchased by sultan Barsbay (1422–1438) before being…
Ottoman armour (1480-1500), Musée de l'Armée.