Mamluk Abbasid Dynasty (1261-1571)

### 🖼️ **Poster Title:** 

➡️ **"The Mamluks and the Abbasid Caliphate: 1261–1571"**

✅ **1. Main Historical Focus:** 

- After the Mongol destruction of Baghdad in 1258, the Abbasid dynasty was **revived in Cairo** under the **protection of the Mamluks**. 

- The **Mamluk Sultanate** defended Islamic lands against Mongol invasions and Crusaders, preserving the Islamic caliphate symbolically through the Abbasid caliphs they hosted. 

- The era lasted until **1571**, when the Ottomans fully absorbed the caliphate after defeating the Mamluks.

✅ **2. Key Points to Highlight:** 

- **1261:** First Abbasid caliph crowned in Cairo after Baghdad's fall. 

- **Mamluks' Role:** Warrior-slaves who rose to become rulers and defenders of Islam. 

- **Achievements:** Defeating Mongols at Ain Jalut (1260), preserving Islamic civilization, flourishing architecture and education. 

- **1571:** The symbolic end of the Abbasid caliphate under Mamluk rule after the Ottoman conquest.