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Capture of Cairo

Capture of Cairo was a siege conducted on 27 January 1517 at Cairo, in what is now Egypt; it lasted 3 days. It was part of the Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17, which ran from 1516 to 1517. The recorded result: Ottoman victory; Cairo captured by the Ottomans; Egypt annexed by the Ottoman Empire; End of the Abbasid dynasty; Execution of Tuman bay II. Recorded strength: Unknown against 10,000–20,000.

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Fought27 January 1517lasted 3 days
WhereCairo, Egypt30.067N, 31.217E
OutcomeOttoman victory; Cairo captured by the Ottomans; Egypt annexed by the Ottoman Empire; End of the Abbasid dynasty; Execution of Tuman bay II
BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstMamluk Sultanate; Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo
Part ofOttoman–Mamluk War of 1516–171516 to 1517

Where it sits in the Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17

Battle of Marj Dabiq, 1516Capture of Aleppo, 1516Capture of Damascus, 1516Battle of Yaunis Khan, 1516Battle of Gaza, 1516Capture of Cairo, 1517Battle of Ridaniya, 151715161517Capture of Cairo, 1517
7 placed engagements of the Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date27 January 1517
to 30 January 1517
PlaceCairo, Egypt
30.067N, 31.217E
KindSiege, early modern
StrengthUnknown10,000–20,000
Casualties and losses25,000 Ottoman and Mamluk military deaths; 50,000 civilians dead
Commanders
  • Tuman Bay II
  • Al-Mutawakkil III
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Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between AD 632 and 1801.

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Elsewhere in 1517

Capture of Cairo is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 110 in present-day Egypt.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5036992, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Cairo (1517), revision 1384254085, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.