| Battle of Ridanieh | |||||||
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| Part of Mamluk-Ottoman war (1516-1517) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ottoman Empire | Mamluk Sultanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Sultan Selim I Hadım Sinan Pasha †[1] |
Sultan Tuman bay II Janberdi Al-Ghazali Shadi Baig † |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 20,000 | Superior | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 6000[2] | 7000[3] | ||||||
The Battle of Ridaniya (Arabic: معركة الريدانية) was fought on 22 January 1517 in Egypt. The Ottoman forces of Selim I defeated the Mamluk forces under Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II. The Mameluks attempted to halt the Ottoman advance using a fortified position equipped with cannon. The Ottomans outshot the Mameluk gunners while their arquebusiers repelled the Mameluk cavalry assaults. 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. [4]