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This did not put a hold on Makurian aggression and between 962 and 964 they again attacked, this time pushing as far north as Akhmim. [82] Parts of Upper Egypt apparently remained occupied by Makuria for several years. [83] [84] Ikhshidid Egypt eventually fell in 969, when it was conquered by the Shiite Fatimid Caliphate.
In the year 1287, Sultan Qalawun decided to invade the Kingdom of Makuria and annex it to the Mamluk state militarily, after it had been politically dependent since it was conquered by the Mamluk forces during the reign of Sultan Baybars in the Battle of Dongola (1276). [2] [1] [4] [3]
In 701 BC, Taharqa and his army aided Judah and King Hezekiah in withstanding a siege by King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings 19:9; Isaiah 37:9). [18] There are various theories (Taharqa's army, [ 19 ] disease, divine intervention, Hezekiah's surrender, Herodotus' mice theory) that try to explain as to why the Assyrians failed to take Jerusalem ...
Relations between the kingdom of Makuria and Rashidun Egypt had gotten off to a rocky start in 642 with the first battle of Dongola. After their defeat, the Arabs withdrew from Nubia and something of a peace had been established by 645. [1] According to the 14th-century Arab-Egyptian historian al-Maqrizi, Makuria did something to violate the ...
The Baqt (or Bakt) (بقط) was a 7th-century treaty between the Christian state of Makuria and the new Muslim rulers of Egypt. Lasting almost seven hundred years, it is by some measures [which?] the longest-lasting treaty in history. The name comes either from the Egyptian's term for barter, or the Greco-Roman term for pact.
This brought Makuria and the Ayyubids into conflict with each other. The following year, [ 3 ] a Makurian army pillaged Aswan and advanced even further north. It is not clear if this campaign was intended to aid the Fatimids or was merely a raid [ 2 ] exploiting the unstable situation in Egypt, [ 4 ] although the latter seems more likely, as ...
Kabil of Makuria: c. 943 Georgios II: 969 – c. 1002 Raphael: 1000 – c. 1006 Stephanos: c. 1027 Solomon: supposedly restored matrilineal succession 1077–1079/80 Georgios III: c. 1079/80 Basileios: c. 1089 Georgios IV of Makuria son of Basileios [1] 1130–1158 Moses Georgios: son of Georgios IV [2] c. 1158 Murtashkar: c. 1268 David of Makuria
The Battle of Dongola (1276) was fought between the Mamluk Sultanate under Baibars and the Kingdom of Makuria. The Mamluks gained a decisive victory, capturing the Makurian capital Dongola, forcing the king David of Makuria to flee and placing a puppet on the Makurian throne. After this battle the Kingdom of Makuria went into a period of ...