Assertion: empire's state | /r/CapableOf | rival the mameluks
Facets:
value: in importance
type: OTHER
value: in egypt
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The Safavid Empire became the first Muslim Iranian state to rival in importance the Ottomans in Turkey (14th to 20th centuries) and the Mameluks in Egypt (1250-1517).