The sultan who 'vanquished the Tatars'
Editorial contextIn the dedication al-Umari praises the Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun as king of Arabs, Persians and Turks and 'vanquisher of the Rum, the Franks, the Georgians, the Armenians and the Tatars'. For a Mamluk official the Tatars are one of the great enemy peoples, set beside the Crusaders.
vanquisher of the Rum, the Franks, the Georgians, the Armenians and the Tatars, sultan of the wide earth
Working translation
Original wording
هازم الروم والفرنج والكرج والأرمن والتتار ، سلطان البسيطه
al-Umari (Arabic text ed. Ahmad Zaki Pasha, Cairo 1924)
About Tatars (Ilkhanid Mongols), enemies of the Mamluks
Keep in mind
Court flattery; the Mamluks defeated Ilkhanid armies, notably in 1303, and made peace with them in 1323.
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