XVIᵉ siècle
Northern Syria, north of Aleppo
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The Battle of Marj Dabiq was the decisive 1516 confrontation between the Ottoman army of Selim I and the Mamluk forces led by Sultan Qansawh al-Ghawri. Fought on a plain north of Aleppo, it ended in a heavy Mamluk defeat and the death of the Mamluk sultan. Ottoman use of firearms proved decisive, opening the way for the occupation of Syria and the final conquest of Egypt.
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Le récit
The battle emerged from the rapid deterioration of relations between the Ottoman and Mamluk states. Earlier disputes over eastern Anatolian principalities had already produced tension, but Selim I’s accession in 1512 transformed the rivalry into open hostility. After defeating the Safavid ruler Isma'il at Chaldiran in 1514, Selim was positioned to attack the last major rival to Ottoman power in the Near East.
In 1516, Selim led his army into Asia Minor while Qansawh al-Ghawri marched toward northern Syria. Both rulers publicly presented their movements as connected with the Persian question, but the stated justification concealed a direct struggle for regional supremacy. The armies met in August at Marj Dabiq, a plain located north of Aleppo.
The Mamluk army suffered a crushing defeat, and Qansawh al-Ghawri fell. Treason among the Mamluks contributed to the disaster, but the decisive military factor was the Ottoman mastery of firearms. Concentrated Ottoman fire destroyed the charging Mamluk cavalry, demonstrating the strategic consequences of the military transformation that the Mamluk ruling elite had resisted.
XVIᵉ siècle
Northern Syria, north of Aleppo
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
The Battle of Marj Dabiq was the decisive 1516 confrontation between the Ottoman army of Selim I and the Mamluk forces led by Sultan Qansawh al-Ghawri. Fought on a plain north of Aleppo, it ended in a heavy Mamluk defeat and the death of the Mamluk sultan. Ottoman use of firearms proved decisive, opening the way for the occupation of Syria and the final conquest of Egypt.
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Le récit
The battle emerged from the rapid deterioration of relations between the Ottoman and Mamluk states. Earlier disputes over eastern Anatolian principalities had already produced tension, but Selim I’s accession in 1512 transformed the rivalry into open hostility. After defeating the Safavid ruler Isma'il at Chaldiran in 1514, Selim was positioned to attack the last major rival to Ottoman power in the Near East.
In 1516, Selim led his army into Asia Minor while Qansawh al-Ghawri marched toward northern Syria. Both rulers publicly presented their movements as connected with the Persian question, but the stated justification concealed a direct struggle for regional supremacy. The armies met in August at Marj Dabiq, a plain located north of Aleppo.
The Mamluk army suffered a crushing defeat, and Qansawh al-Ghawri fell. Treason among the Mamluks contributed to the disaster, but the decisive military factor was the Ottoman mastery of firearms. Concentrated Ottoman fire destroyed the charging Mamluk cavalry, demonstrating the strategic consequences of the military transformation that the Mamluk ruling elite had resisted.
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