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People: Poppo of Treffen
Topic: English Invasion of Ireland
Location: Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais France

The Ayyubid dynasty is riven by internal …

Years: 1239 - 1239

The Ayyubid dynasty is riven by internal quarrels following the death of Sultan al-Kamil in 1238.

The primary instigators are the slave army, the Mamluks (literally, “owned”), originally recruited as young boys from enslaved non-Arab people, first of Turkic and later of other ethnic groups, who are then converted to Islam, imported to serve various traditional Muslim rulers after training as soldiers and officials, and set free.