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Baḥrī period

Mamlūk history

Also known as: Turkish period

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period of Mamlūk rule

In Mamluk: The Mamluk dynasty
…call the former the “Baḥrī” period and the latter the “Burjī,” because of the political dominance of the regiments known by these names during the respective times. The contemporary Muslim historians referred to the same divisions as the “Turkish” and “Circassian” periods, in order to call attention to the…
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