Battle of Ridaniya

The Battle of Ridaniya or Battle of Ridanieh (Turkish: Ridaniye Muharebesi; Arabic: معركة الريدانية) was fought on January 22, 1517, in Egypt. The Ottoman forces of Selim I defeated the Mamluk forces under Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II. The Turks marched into Cairo, and the severed head of Tuman bay II, Egypt’s last Mamluk Sultan, was hung over an entrance gate in the Al Ghourieh quarter of Cairo. Or, alternatively, he was hung from the gate and buried after three days. The Ottoman grand vizier, Hadım Sinan Pasha, was killed in action.

Battle of Ridaniya
Part of the Mamluk-Ottoman War (1516–1517)
DateJanuary 22, 1517
Location
Ridanieh, present-day Egypt
Result

Ottoman victory

  • Collapse of the Mamluk Sultanate
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Mamluk Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Sultan Selim I
Hadım Sinan Pasha †		 Sultan Tuman Bay II
Janbirdi al-Ghazali
Shadi Baig †
Strength
20,000 20,000
Casualties and losses
6,000 7,000
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