Battle of Marj Dabiq
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The battle of Marj Dābiq (Arabic: مرج دابق, meaning "the meadow of Dābiq" ) was a decisive military clash in Middle Eastern history, fought on 24 August 1516 44 km north of Aleppo, Syria.
The forces of the Ottoman Empire (then ruled by Sultan Selim I) and the Egyptian Mamluks led by their ruler Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri went to fight. Al-Ashraf fell on the battlefield after a short pitched battle and his army was routed, also due to the betrayal of some officers (Janberdi al-Ghazali and Khayr Beg). This left the way open for Ottoman conquest of the Levant and Egypt.
Turkish domination, despite being often jeopardized by revolts, was to last almost three centuries.
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