2020-01-22 Wed

The Battle of Ridaniya or Battle of Ridanieh was fought on January 22, 1517, between the forces of Ottoman Sultan led by Selim I and the Mamluk forces under Al-Ashraf Tuman Bay II.

Selim conquered the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, defeating the Mamluk Egyptians. This led to the Ottoman annexation of the entire sultanate, from Syria and Palestine in Sham, to Hejaz and Tihamah in the Arabian Peninsula, and ultimately Egypt itself.

This permitted him to extend Ottoman power to the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina, hitherto under Egyptian rule. Rather than style himself the Hakimul-Haremeyn, or The Ruler of The Two Holy Cities, he accepted the more pious title Hadimul-Haremeyn, or The Servant of The Two Holy Cities.

This is the silver Akche issued under his reign. The obverse of the coin depicts the inscription ‘Sultan Shah Bin Ba Yazid Khan’. On the other hand, the reverse of this coin is engraved with ‘Nasrah Az Zard Kostanttiniyye’.

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