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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]
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.
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 ...
It is stated from the Piye stela that Piye led a naval fleet during an invasion of a harbor in Memphis, where he brought back with him to Kush as a spoil of war; several boats, ferry, pleasure boats and warships. [72] Also from the Stela, Piye defeated and captured many ships belonging to the Navy of lower Egypt in a sea battle.
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 ...
The Nubians and Egyptians had long been engaged in a series of skirmishes along the border region of their two countries in Upper Egypt.After the Fatimids were deposed, tensions rose as Nubian raids against Egyptian border towns grew bolder, culminating in the siege of Aswan by former Black Fatimid soldiers in late 1172 to early 1173.
In 642, Amr ibn al-As sent a column of 20,000 horsemen under his cousin Uqba ibn Nafi against Makuria. They managed to get as far as Dongola, the capital of Makuria. However, in a rare turn of events, the Arab forces were beaten back. [3]
Ali Baba of Makuria: c. 854 Georgios I of Makuria: son of Zakharias 856/859/866 Zakharias IV: 920–930 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 ...