Make Egypt 'state of Turks, again?

[Böri]

After the Ayyubid sultanate and its army ruling over Egypt and parts of the Levant failed against the invading French king Louis IX's forces in the cities of the Nile delta (Damietta etc), the Turkic slave soldiers (Kipchak, Khwarezmian Oghuz) succeeded in defeating the French forces. Later these slave soldiers killed the Sultan of Egypt in the same year of 1250 and founded their state in Egypt.
For the next 150 years, Egypt was referred to as 'the state of Turks, or simply 'Turkey, in Arabic world.

The Cambridge History of Egypt, Volume 1
by Linda Northrup
p.250


There were Mamluks of other origins around 1250 too (Circassian, Georgian etc) however the caste was dominated by Turkic Mamluks. During that period, though the commoners spoke Arabic, Greek, Nubian, Armenian etc. in the streets of Egypt, Turkic was spoken in the palaces, military garrisons etc.

[Böri]

The Historiography of Islamic Egypt: (c. 950 - 1800)
by Nasser Rabbat
page 69

[Egyptian]

Yawn.

trust me without Egypt we would have never heard of successful turks, plus the army who defeated Louis was Egyptian Army.

[Luca]

After the Ayyubid sultanate and its army ruling over Egypt and parts of the Levant failed against the invading French king Louis IX's forces in the cities of the Nile delta (Damietta etc), the Turkic slave soldiers (Kipchak, Khwarezmian Oghuz) succeeded in defeating the French forces. Later these slave soldiers killed the Sultan of Egypt in the same year of 1250 and founded their state in Egypt.
For the next 150 years, Egypt was referred to as 'the state of Turks, or simply 'Turkey, in Arabic world.

The Cambridge History of Egypt, Volume 1
by Linda Northrup
p.250


There were Mamluks of other origins around 1250 too (Circassian, Georgian etc) however the caste was dominated by Turkic Mamluks. During that period, though the commoners spoke Arabic, Greek, Nubian, Armenian etc. in the streets of Egypt, Turkic was spoken in the palaces, military garrisons etc.

Maybe you should first think about uniting all turkish states, before you want to regain lost territory occupied by other peoples?

[Böri]

Yawn.

trust me without Egypt we would have never heard of successful turks, plus the army who defeated Louis was Egyptian Army.

Nah. At the battle of Mansura, the French Army of Louis IX crushed the Ayyubid army of Egypt. Kurds and Arabs all fled.
Just Turkish mamluks (around 1000) saved the day. They stood firm against the French forces and even Louis was taken prisoner.

Later these Turks staged a coup and killed the last Ayyubid sultan of Egypt and the Mamluk state was born.

The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 3
Roland Oliver
p.37



Mongols and Mamluks: The Mamluk-Ilkhanid War, 1260-1281
By Reuven Amitai-Preiss
p.18