Battle of Marj Dabiq
| Battle of Marj Dabiq | |||||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17) | |||||||||
An Ottoman miniature depicting the battle | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Ottoman Empire Mamluk rebels | Mamluk Sultanate | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Selim I Hadım Sinan Pasha Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha Hayır Bey |
Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri † Janbirdi al-Ghazali Alaa el-Din bin el-Emam | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 60,000 |
60,000–80,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 10,000 killed |
7,000 killed, 2,000 executed | ||||||||
The Battle of Marj Dābiq (Arabic: مرج دابق, meaning "the meadow of Dābiq"; Turkish: Mercidabık Muharebesi), a decisive military engagement in Middle Eastern history, was fought on 24 August 1516, near the town of Dabiq, 44 km north of Aleppo (modern Syria). The battle was part of the 1516–17 war between the Ottoman Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate, which ended in an Ottoman victory and conquest of much of the Middle East and brought about the destruction of the Mamluk Sultanate. The Ottoman victory in the battle gave Selim's armies control of the entire region of Syria and opened the door to the conquest of Egypt.