Mamluk dynasty
rulers of Iraq [1704–1831]
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relations with Ottoman Empire
- In Ottoman Empire: Rule of Mahmud II
In Iraq the Georgian Mamluk pashas paid only lip service to the authority of the Sublime Porte (Ottoman government), as did various independent local governors in Syria. In Arabia the Wahhābīs mocked Ottoman pretensions. In all of Anatolia (Asia Minor) only two provinces were firmly under central control, while…
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suzerainty over Iraq
- In Iraq: The 18th-century Mamluk regime
The early 18th century was a time of important changes both in Istanbul and in Baghdad. The reign of Sultan Ahmed III (1703–30) was marked by relative political stability in the capital and by extensive reforms—some of them influenced by European models—implemented during…
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