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 "id": "event/capture-of-cairo-1517",
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 "slug": "capture-of-cairo-1517",
 "label": {
  "ar": "أخذ القاهرة (١٥١٧)",
  "en": "Capture of Cairo"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "بعد [[event/battle-ridaniyya-923|الريدانية]] دخل [[person/selim-i-ottoman|سليم الأول]] مصر؛ وينقل الصلابي عن المؤرخ سلاحثور صاحب مخطوطة «فتح نامه ديار العرب» — وكان مصاحباً لسليم — أن سليم كان يبكي في مسجد الصخرة بالقدس بكاءً حاراً وصلى صلاة الحاجة داعياً أن يفتح عليه مصر {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 188}. ويذكر أن سليم ولّى [[person/khayr-bak|خاير بك]] على مصر و[[person/janbardi-al-ghazali|جانبردي الغزالي]] على دمشق {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 188}، وعند ابن العماد صُلب طومان باي بباب زويلة فانقضت دولة الجراكسة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 531}.",
  "en": "After [[event/battle-ridaniyya-923|Ridaniyya]] Selim I entered Egypt; al-Salabi quotes the chronicler Salahsur — companion of Selim and author of the manuscript *Fath-nameh Diyar al-Arab* — that Selim wept long in the Dome of the Rock and prayed for Egypt's opening {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 188}. He appointed [[person/khayr-bak|Khayr Bak]] over Egypt and [[person/janbardi-al-ghazali|Janbirdi al-Ghazali]] over Damascus {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 188}; at Shadharat, Tuman Bay was hanged at Bab Zuwayla and the Circassian state ended {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 531}."
 },
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  "egypt-nile"
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  "period/gunpowder-empires"
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 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [],
 "span": {
  "earliest": 1516.9995961587165,
  "latest": 1517.9989322162355
 },
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  "start": {
   "edtf": "1517",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
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   "note": "دخول سليم مصر 923هـ/1517م {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 531}",
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  },
  "end": {
   "edtf": "1517",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "دخول سليم مصر 923هـ/1517م {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 531}",
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  }
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  "date": {
   "start": {
    "edtf": "1517",
    "precision": "year",
    "status": "tradition",
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    "note": "دخول سليم مصر 923هـ/1517م {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 531}",
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   }
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  "sources": [
   "source/dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi",
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  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الدولة العثمانية لعلي محمد الصلابي (ط1 1421)",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium) from Apple Vision OCR",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "دخول [[person/selim-i-ottoman|سليم الأول]] مصر سنة 923هـ/1517م بعد [[event/battle-ridaniyya-923|وقعة الريدانية]]، وفيه انقضت دولة الجراكسة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 531}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "قبل الدخول",
     "markdown": "يروي المؤرخ سلاحثور، صاحب مخطوطة «فتح نامه ديار العرب» وكان مصاحباً لسليم، أن سليم كان يبكي في مسجد الصخرة بالقدس بكاءً حاراً وصلى صلاة الحاجة داعياً الله أن يفتح عليه مصر {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 188}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "التدبير",
     "markdown": "ولّى سليم [[person/khayr-bak|خاير بك]] على مصر و[[person/janbardi-al-ghazali|جانبردي الغزالي]] على الشام {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 188}؛ وعند ابن العماد أبقى القضاة الأربعة والأوقاف على حالها، وصُلب طومان باي بباب زويلة وأُمر بدفنه بمدفن النوطي {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 531, 559-561}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/capture-of-cairo-1517",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Selim I's entry into Egypt in 923/1517 after [[event/battle-ridaniyya-923|Ridaniyya]], ending the Circassian sultanate {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 531}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Before the entry",
     "markdown": "The chronicler Salahsur — companion of Selim and author of the manuscript *Fath-nameh Diyar al-Arab* — recounts that Selim wept long in the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and prayed the prayer of need that God open Egypt to him {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 188}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "The settlement",
     "markdown": "Selim appointed [[person/khayr-bak|Khayr Bak]] over Egypt and [[person/janbardi-al-ghazali|Janbirdi al-Ghazali]] over Damascus {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 188}; per Ibn al-Imad he kept the four judges and the endowments as they were, and Tuman Bay was hanged at Bab Zuwayla and buried at the Nawti cemetery {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 531, 559-561}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/capture-of-cairo-1517",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Devin (SWE-2 Medium), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "[[event/battle-ridaniyya-923|ریدانیہ]] کے بعد 923ھ/1517ء میں [[person/selim-i-ottoman|سلیم اول]] کا مصر میں داخل ہونا، جس سے جراکسیہ ریاست کا خاتمہ ہوا {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 531}۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "داخلے سے پہلے",
     "markdown": "مؤرخ سلاحثور — جو سلیم کا ساتھ تھا اور مخطوطہ «فتح نامہ دیار العرب» کا صاحب ہے — روایت کرتا ہے کہ سلیم بیت المقدس میں مسجدِ صخرہ میں دیر تک روتا رہا اور نمازِ حاجت پڑھ کر اللہ سے مصر کی فتح کی دعا کی {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 188}۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "انتظام",
     "markdown": "سلیم نے مصر پر [[person/khayr-bak|خائر بک]] اور شام پر [[person/janbardi-al-ghazali|جانبردی غزالی]] کو مقرر کیا {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 188}؛ ابن عماد کے نزدیک اس نے چاروں قاضیوں اور اوقاف کو جوں کا توں رکھا، اور طومان بای کو باب زویلہ پر سولی دی اور نوطی کے قبرستان میں دفن کا حکم دیا {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 531, 559-561}۔"
    }
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   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/capture-of-cairo-1517",
    "lang": "ur",
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     "Devin (SWE-2 Medium), draft translation"
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   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  }
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  "building/dar-al-hikma-cairo",
  "event/algiers-joins-ottoman-1519",
  "event/battle-chaldiran-920",
  "event/battle-ridaniyya-923",
  "event/baybars-sultan-accession-658",
  "event/death-of-shirkuh-564",
  "event/egypt-earthquake-608"
 ],
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