Historedia
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Execution of Tuman Bay

When
13 April 1517
Where
Cairo
Part of
Ottoman Conquest of Egypt and Fall of the Mamluk Sultanate

The last Mamluk sultan was executed in Cairo.

After being captured near Giza in April 1517, Tuman Bay was executed by hanging at Bab Zuweila, one of Cairo's gates, on 13 April 1517. His death marked the final end of the Mamluk dynasty's rule over Egypt.

Sources

  1. Mamluk Sultanate Wikipedia
  2. Selim I Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-04

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