Rise of the Mamluks - Animated Medieval History DOCUMENTARY

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the ancient civilizations and nomadic cultures continues with a video on the rise of the Mamluks and how they took over in Egypt via a military coup.

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[nenenindonu]

For any misconceptions, a Mamluk state is largely based on the constitution (warrior caste system) the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and the Delhi Sultanate are the two best examples of Mamluk kingdoms while polities like the Ghaznavids aren't Mamluk kingdoms but rather dynastic-kingdoms with a ruling family only of Mamluk background

[internetdramamakesmewet]

I knew about the Mamluks as a nation but never knew they were a "class" of people within Islamic society, thank you for the content :D

[SacClass]

Baibars deserves a biopic, he was one of the most badass dudes of the Middle Ages.

[randomuser]

I like the fact that you used Gassan Mesud as Salahaddin Eyyubi in the video. After the movie Kingdom of Heaven that dude became the official Salahaddin for everyone 🤣🤣

[GermanicEnjoyer]

Baybars was also a consummate diplomat, able to negotiate treaties that harmed his opponents while benefiting himself. Furthermore, he was prudent in his choices, only engaging the Il-Khanate on his own terms and whittling away its cli- ents when the il-khan was occupied elsewhere. His actions were impressive by any standard, but when one considers that he did this while simultaneously jockeying the literally cutthroat world of Mamluk politics, one must rank him as one of the greatest leaders in world history even though relatively few people today know the name. Baybars.

[immad]

Slave marrying the wife of his deceased master and get to inherit his entire kingdom does not even exist in fiction!

[HomemdaFaina]

Bro... they even put in Baybars eye cataracts. I love this channel.

[tbaykas]

The term "Mamluk Sultanate" is a modern historiographical term. Arabic sources for the period of the Bahri Mamluks refer to the dynasty as the "State of the Turks" (Dawlat al-Atrak or Dawlat al-Turk) or "State of Turkey" (al-Dawla al-Turkiyya).

[Zabi-S]

Netflix needs to make this into a big budget series. Such a fascinating and intense moment of the medieval world.

[BigBroTejano]

Reminds me of the time in college one of my history professors was talking about Haiti being the first successful slave revolt. I then interjected “what about the Mamluks?” and she had to stop and think for a moment before going “oh…”

[schoolofgrowthhacking]

I love how you guys post videos like this on the exact day I arrived in Egypt 😁 and videos about the Byzantines when I'm in Istanbul 😂

[hassaanalisiddiqui]

Shajur Al durr deserves her own episode

[abcdef]

"See? This is why we got rid of the Janissaries! It was them, or the Empire!" - Ottomans.

[Warhistory]

The story in the video is very captivating, I couldn't take my eyes off the screen.

[YusufAhmed-prwz]

Right on! Thanks for creating more on the mamluks!

[minanabil-sgku]

Ironically, the Ayubid dynasty - which was overthrown by the Mamluk coup - came to power by a coup when Saladin overthrew the Fatimids.

[hadyaboushady]

In Arabic we write letters attached to each other to form a word
For example Salah El Din is written
صلاح الدين الأيوبي
And not the way you wrote it
I am big follower of the channel and only posting this out of love 😊
Keep up the great work

[HalalHistory]

4:23 you should reverse the Arabic text, I wish video editing softwares were able to just paste Arabic text normally

[lukesullivan]

please review more classic texts. Its uniquely fascinating to see history through the lens of a normal person back then.

[wiktorberski]

Really interesting video. I have read a History of Crusades vy Runciman ages ago, and it was really nice to refresh this knowledge