State of the Turks (1250-1382), State of the Circassians (1382-1517)
Independent Sultanate (1250-1517)
Location: Egypt, the Levant, Hejaz
Capital City: Cairo
Government type: Stratocratic Elective Monarchy
Main languages: Arabic, Kipchak Turkic, Oghuz Turkic, Circassian
Main religions: Sunni Islam
Chronology
1250: Turkic Mamluks overthrow Ayyubid Sultan Turanshah
1261: Surviving members of the Ababsid dynasty reestablish the Caliphate under the Mamluks but only hold a ceremonial position
1382: Circassian Mamluks overthrow Turkic rulers
1517: Ottoman Conquest
Currency
Dinar (1250-1517)
1 Dinar = 60 Fals • 1 Dirham = 7/10 Dinar
Coins from the Mamluk Sultanate in the collection
•1 Dirham, Sultan Baybars (1260-1277) (silver, Bal II#44)