وقعة الريدانية وسقوط دولة المماليك
وقعة الريدانية وسقوط دولة المماليك
c. 22 January 1517 CE · 923 AH
Ridaniyya, 1517 — the Mamluks' execution of Selim's envoy brought the Ottoman army across Sinai; Gaza then Ridaniyya broke Tuman Bay and ended the Circassian sultanate. Selim's defence: 'I came only with the ulema's fatwa — I was bound for jihad against the Rafida and the fujjar until your Ghawri marched into my inherited kingdom' 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
Its cause
al-Sallabi relates that Selim sent to Tuman Bay asking him to obey the Ottoman state. The Mamluks mocked his messenger and then killed him, so Selim decided on war and marched toward Egypt. 2
The outcome
The Ottomans won a crushing victory at the battle of Gaza and then at al-Ridaniyya, and Selim entered Egypt. al-Sallabi quotes Jarmard al-Nasiri as saying that it had not been heard that Egypt suffered such a calamity since it became a land of Islam. 2
Selim's words
al-Sallabi relates that Selim told Tuman Bay that he had come with the fatwa of the scholars of the lands, and that he had been heading to fight the Safavids and the Portuguese, but turned toward Egypt when al-Ghawri agreed with the Safavids and marched to Aleppo. This is Selim's own account, as attributed to him in the book. 2
Connections
- Had participant
- السلطان سليم شاه بن عثمان
People and things also explored
موقعة جالديران ودخول تبريز· وقعة مرج دابق ودخول سليم مصر· خضوع الحجاز للعثمانيين· بايزيد الثاني· سليمان القانوني· السلطان سليم شاه بن عثمان
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001), p. 186-187
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001), p.186-187
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islam.museum contributors. “وقعة الريدانية وسقوط دولة المماليك”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/battle-ridaniyya-923/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.