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4 unusual facts about Mamluk dynasty of Iraq


Mamluk dynasty of Iraq

Both Hasan and Ahmad rendered a valuable service to the Ottoman Porte by curbing the unruly tribes and securing a steady inflow of taxes to the treasury in Constantinople as well as by defending Iraq against yet another military threat from the Safavids of Iran.

Kurdish Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah was founded during the time of Sulayman Pasha and is named after him.

The conflict culminated in the Iranian invasion of Iraq and the occupation of Sulaymaniyah in 1818.

They managed to counter the Al-Muntafiq threats in the south and brought Basra under their control.



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