The Ottoman Empire's 1517 Capture of Cairo and the Rise of the Caliphate

In this episode of The Ottoman Empire and Its Influence on Modern Europe, Lucas and Luna explore the pivotal 1517 Ottoman conquest of Cairo, which transformed the empire from a regional power into the protector of Sunni Islam. They discuss Sultan Selim I's campaign against the Mamluk Sultanate, the decisive Battle of Marj Dabiq and the fall of Cairo, and the controversial transfer of the caliphate from the Abbasid shadow caliph to the Ottoman sultans. Along the way, they touch on the role of the Ottoman navy, the capture of the last Mamluk sultan Tuman Bay II, and how this conquest reshaped the Islamic world and Ottoman governance. The episode also considers the caliphate's symbolic power in later centuries, including its abolition in 1924, and the lasting impact on modern Middle Eastern politics. #OttomanEmpire #SelimI #MamlukSultanate #CairoConquest #Caliphate #BattleOfMarjDabiq #TumanBayII #YavuzSultanSelim #IslamicHistory #16thCentury #MiddleEast #OttomanCaliphate #History #FexingoHistory #Sultan #AbbasidCaliphate #Egypt #OttomanExpansion Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo