Ottoman–Mamluk War (1485–1491)

Ottoman–Mamluk War (1485–1491)
Part of the Ottoman wars in the Near East

Map of Asia Minor. Cilicia in light pink in southern Anatolia.
Date1485–1491
Location
Result
  • Mamluk victory
Territorial
changes
Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents

Ottoman Empire
Supported By:
Dulkadirids

  • Pro-Ottoman faction (After 1488)

Mamluk Sultanate Supported By:
Dulkadirids (After 1488)

  • Pro-Mamluk faction
Ramadanid Emirate
Karamanids (Until 1487)
Commanders and leaders
Bayezid II
Commanders

Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt 
Shah Budak (POW)
Commanders
  • Shahqubad Feyyaz (WIA)
Qaitbay
Commanders
    • Bish Beg
    • Uzbek min Tutuh
    • Kajmas al-Ishaki
    • Uzdamur al-Sayfi
    • Doğan al-Safi 
    • Amir Qansuh
    • Sibay b. Buhtuca (POW)
    • Emir Temruz al-Shamsi
    • Emir Uzdamur
    • Kansukh al-Yahyawi
    • Khalil ibn Ismail
    • Shayh Jabal Nabulus
    • Barsbay Kara 
    • Tagribirdi Tatar 
    • Amir Sibay min Kanibay al-Tuyūrī al-Zahiri 
    • Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri

Ömer Beg (POW)
Gıyâseddîn Halil Bey
Commanders
    • Özeroğlu Mekki Beg
    • Gündüzoğlu Mehmed Beg 

Turgutoğlu Mahmud Beg
Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt
Commanders
Casualties and losses
120,000–180,000 30,000

The Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1485–1491 took place when the Ottoman Sultanate invaded the Mamluk Sultanate's territories of Anatolia and Syria. This war was an essential event in the Ottoman struggle for the domination of the Middle-East. After multiple encounters, the war ended in a Mamluk victory and a peace treaty was signed in 1491, restoring the status quo ante bellum. It lasted until the Ottomans and the Mamluks again went to war in 1516–17; in that war the Ottomans defeated and conquered the Mamluks.