One polity controlled by these people was defeated at the Battle of Dongola, who had earlier taken the landfrom the Funj Sultanate.
One polity controlled by these people was defeated at the Battle of Dongola, who had earlier taken the landfrom the Funj Sultanate. Before a battle in which these people lost, the opposing general apocryphally said,"forty centuries look down upon you" to rally his troops and defeat the forces of Murad and Ibrahim Bey.An (*) Albanian mercenary seized power by tricking the leaders of this people into trap during the Massacre of theCitadel; that ruler was Muhammad Ali. Another leader of these people, Qutuz, won the Battle of Ain Jalut againstthe Mongols, but was overthrown by another leader of these people called Baibars. For 10 points, name these formerrules of Egypt who were descended from Turkish slaves.
One polity controlled by these people was defeated at the Battle of Dongola, who had earlier taken the landfrom the Funj Sultanate.
Mamluks [or Mamelukes; prompt on "Egyptians"; prompt on "Ottomans" or "Turks" or "Ottoman Turks"]