Kingdom of Makuria (Mamluk)

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In 1265, the Mamluks launched an invasion of northern Makuria, and forced the Nubian king to become a vassal of the Mamluks.

Establishment

January 1266: In 1265, a Mamluk army led by Sultan Baibars of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt raided the territory of Makuria, reaching as far south as Dongola. This military campaign marked the Mamluks' expansion into Nubian territories and their efforts to assert control over the region.

January 1266: In 1265, the Mamluks launched an invasion of northern Makuria, and forced the Nubian king to become a vassal of the Mamluks.

February 1266: In 1266, the Kingdom of Makuria, ruled by the Mamluks, gained control of Dongola after a Mamluk army raided the territory the previous year. The Mamluks were a military class in Egypt, while Makuria was a Christian kingdom located in present-day Sudan.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 1269: In 1268, the Makurian king, David I freed himself from Mamluk vassalage.

January 1277: In 1275, the Mamluk governor of Qus, with Bedouin allies, launched an expedition against Makuria, defeating king David near Dongola in 1276, and installed Shakanda as king.

January 1287: A few years later, Shamamun, another member of the Makurian royal family, led a rebellion against Shekanda to restore Makurian independence. He eventually defeated the Mamluk garrison and took the throne in 1286 after separating from Egypt.

January 1313: The Mamluks again occupied the Kingdom of Makuria in 1312.

Disestablishment

January 1318: Sayf al-Din Abdullah Barshambu began converting the nation to Islam and in 1317 the throne hall of Dongola was turned into a mosque. This was not accepted by other Makurian leaders and the nation fell into civil war and anarchy that very year. This also ended the vassalage of Makuria to the Mamluks.