Egypt (Chaos)

The history of Egypt started to diverge from OTL in 1236 when the ians took, toppled and imprisoned the old Abbasid caliph. Some of his relatives fled to Egypt and the, helping those lands with claims for the Caliph title.

Still some things happened as OTL: 1244, Jerusalem was conquered by sultan. (This was expectable, since the city lacked the hinterland for a better defense.) The only difference to OTL was that he used Mamluk soldiers for the attack instead of hired Choresmians. The city was damaged less than IOTL. 1248-54, the ans made the Sixth Crusade against Egypt, which stayed without success.

The Mamluks
1250 (still as OTL), the Mamluks under took power in Egypt. At the moment, he had to share power with the widow of the last Ayyubid sultan, Shajar ad-Durr. 1257 Shajar ad-Durr was murdered after she had Aybak murdered; Qutuz became new sultan of Egypt. 1260, OTL I did not become ruler of Egypt, since he still lived in the Kipchak lands - he wasn't enslaved by. However, the Mamluks attacked the, conquered Gaza, Askalon and Jaffa - earlier than OTL.

1290, and Egypt made an alliance - the first important alliance between a Christian and a Muslim state.

War with Choresm
1334, Choresm and Mamluk Egypt clashed over / Palestine. Choresm won and annexed northern Palestine, but news about unrests in Afghanistan forced the Shah to cancel further advancing.

Egypt wanted revenge and allied in 1352 with the Sultanate of against Choresm. The invaded Syria together, defeated the Choresmian armies several times. 1357, Choresm was in a desperate situation, but now the Shah hired the to get rid of his enemies. The general of the Mamluks and the Sultan of Konya were killed. Choresm made peace, only gave northern Palestine back to Egypt.

1387-89, Egypt was hit by the.

Egypt under the Seljuks
In 1429, the new Circass dynasty had come to power in Egypt; but after a short war 1450/51 with the Rum-Seljuks, where they demonstrated their military power (cannons, large standing army), the Seljuks made Egypt their tributary. Now Persia and Choresm are the only other major Muslim powers left.

A Chinese treasure fleet sailed up the Red Sea and sent a delegation to Egypt 1452-56 (3149, Yang Water Monkey / 3153, Yang Fire Rat in their calendar). On their return, they also spread tales about the Christian countries.

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