TITLE: Mūsā (emperor of Mali)SECTION:
Pilgrimage to Mecca.
...of his followers, did not fail to create a most favourable impression. The Cairo that Mansa Mūsā visited was ruled over by one of the greatest of the Mamlūk sultans, Al-Malik an-Nāṣir. The black emperor’s great civility notwithstanding, the meeting between the two rulers might have ended in a serious diplomatic incident, for so absorbed was Mansa...
TITLE: Mamlūk (Islamic dynasty)SECTION:
The Mamlūk dynasty.
Among the most outstanding Mamlūk sultans were Baybars I (1260–77) and al-Malik an-Nāṣir (1293–1341). The Mamlūks’ failure to find an able successor after the latter’s death weakened the strength and stability of their realm. But the historians of the era date the beginning of the dynasty’s decline from the accession of the first Circassian sultan...
...true founder of the Mamlūk state, and he campaigned actively and with success against the remaining Crusader possessions in Palestine and Syria. He ruled until 1277. During the long reign of al-Malik al-Nāṣir (reigned 1293–1341), the Mamlūks concluded a truce with the Mongols (1323) after several major battles and, despite widespread famine, outbreaks of...