Talk:Bahri Mamluks

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Does it really make sense to refer to the Bahri as a "dynasty", or, alternately, to consider Aibek, rather than Qalawun, to be its founder? Aibek is succeeded by his son Ali. Ali is assassinated and succeeded by the entirely unrelated Qutuz, who is assassinated and succeeded by the entirely unrelated Baibars. Baibars is succeeded by his son, Baraka, and then there's more assassinations and Qalawun, again unrelated, comes to the throne. It's only with Qalawun that one gets an actual "dynasty" in the normal sense - from 1280 to 1382 - and even then somewhat intermittently, as I understand it.

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  • This article however needs some corrections. ( The Egyptian Moorish Sultans established a peace with the Mongols in 1322, and also entered into relations with the Golden Horde, sultan al-Nasir marrying a Mongol princess in 1319. ) actually the Golden Horde had relations with Egypt since days of al-zahir Baibars . Further I do not understand what is meant by moorish Sultans. Samsam22 (talk) 21:20, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • To help this article I will add references to correct information. Samsam22 (talk) 17:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why is this dynasty's length of rule compaired to the British Empire, when they are totally unrelated entities? --202.36.75.126 (talk) 22:34, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Why is European art of a mamluk "cavalryman" from the 19th century illustrating this article about the Bahri Mamluks of the 13th and 14th century? There's no relation whatsoever, other than the word "mamluk". Ellenois (talk) 23:56, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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They are not a dynasty they are a regiment or a corps of soldier, that were bought as slaves, to be a form of elite soldiers and bodygaurd to the Ayyubid Sultan. Alexis Ivanov (talk) 20:26, 17 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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– As other editors have also noted above, neither of these are "dynasties" in the most common sense. As the articles and any reliable sources explain, Mamluk sultans came to the throne mainly through the support of other Mamluks, not through hereditary succession. While some sultans managed to have their sons succeed them (most notably Qalawun), none of these lines lasted long and obviously not for the full length of either period. "Bahri Mamluks" and "Burji Mamluks" would be equally clear/precise, while avoiding the misnomer and any potential confusion for unfamiliar readers. R Prazeres (talk) 02:01, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I probably should have noted this above, but just to confirm that this proposal is also in line with
WP:COMMONAME: the designation "Bahri Mamluks" is very common in scholarly sources (e.g. [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]) and probably more common than "Bahri dynasty" overall, if Ngrams can be trusted ([6]). "Burji Mamluks" is likewise common (e.g. [7], [8], [9], [10]). Ngram results look a little anamolous for the last few years on this one, but there is still a clearly greater prominence of "Burji Mamluks" over "Burji dynasty" overall ([11]). R Prazeres (talk) 21:33, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply
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