cant blame youOkay, I have nothing to add, save a bump.
I just wanted to say that the title of this thread made me snicker like a 15 year old![]()
the burji dynasty im guessing. anyway to prevent the fall of the previous dynasty or at least a dynasty not so plagued by infighting?One of the issues was a switch of dynasty that caused rank to be favored over merit in the army, which in a state as militarily focused as the Mamluks caused a corrosion of government on all levels of life.
the burji dynasty im guessing. anyway to prevent the fall of the previous dynasty or at least a dynasty not so plagued by infighting?
Sultan Baibars was allied to the Byzantine, Empire wasn't he? And he had mostly unsuccessful campaigns against the Seljuks in Anatolia...the Byzantine Emperor was way too busy with rebellious nobles and containing the invasions of Charles Anjou. Let's say that doesn't happen for whatever reason, maybe the Byzantines and the Mamluks can attack the Seljuk Sultanate together which allows Baibars to seize and hold the lion's share of Anatolia.
That way we have a Mamluk Egypt near the shores of the Black Sea - almost a wank* by itself, and a good start in any case.
*snicker
One thing that might help is to take the severe pressure of the Il-Khanate off the Mamluks at their strength so they can actually develop some level of commerce and economic strength instead of spending themselves in constant wars.
what would you suggest to do to the il-khanate? a decivise defeat that causes them to infight or them being pressured by other rivals?
There was a chance especially before the Il-Khans became Muslims.what would you suggest to do to the il-khanate? a decivise defeat that causes them to infight or them being pressured by other rivals?
There was a chance especially before the Il-Khans became Muslims.
That chance was an alliance of the muslim Mumluks and the Muslim Golden Horde against the anti-Muslim Il-Khanate. This alliance actually existed in OTL, but they lacked coordination as the Byzantines, who were afraid of the Il-Khanate, often blocked communication between Mumluk Egypt and the Golden Horde.
And the distance was too long to really achieve any positive result.
But if you really really want to wank Mamluks - make the decisive coordinated invasion of the Golden Horde and the Mumluks into IlKhanate at the same time.
And then after a few defeats of the Il-Khanate, the Chagatay Mongols smell blood and invade from the North-East to tear apart the IlKhanate.
* (that scenario was an actual nightmare of the OTL Il-Khanate; many an Il-Khan screamed at night seeing it in his bad dream).
As a result the Mumluks might get good chunk of Anatolia and Iraq.