MAMLUK CORNER: Baybars and his Adherence to the Caliphate
In 1260, Baybars ascended to power by eliminating Qutuz and led the state for a long period of seventeen years. Upon his accession, the realm was besieged by challenges on multiple fronts: the Mongols, whose incursions were a source of relentless pressure on the Islamic world, and the Armenians, who readily aligned themselves with the […]
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