Massacre of the Citadel

Name: Massacre of the Citadel
Start: 1811
Location: Cairo

1811 · Cairo · Africa · Politics

Muhammad Ali wipes out the Mamluk elite in one stroke

On 1 March 1811 Muhammad Ali invited the Mamluk beys to a ceremony at the Cairo Citadel, and as they left through a narrow passage his soldiers massacred them. The Mamluks, a power in Egypt for nearly six centuries, were finished, and the pasha became the country's undisputed master.

State: Muhammad Ali dynasty

Wikipedia (English) · 19th century

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