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Peace
Crusaders reject peacer & head for Cairo
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Cairo in Turkey. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Crusaders reject peacer & head for Cairo
Selim declares himself the Sultan of Egypt
Becomes the ruler of Syria, Egypt & Hejaz
Makes his entry into Cairo, the Turks become masters of Egypt
Massacres the Mamelukes at Cairo
Massacres the Mamelukes at Cairo
Provenance
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