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  • Battle of Wadi al Khazindar (1299 AD)

    Battle of Wadi al Khazindar

  • Mamluk Sultanate Map 1317

    Mamluk Sultanate Map 1317

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  • Bio

    David Ayalon (1914 – 25 June 1998) was an Israeli historian of Islam and the Middle East, specializing in the Mamluk dynasties of Egypt. Within Israel he was best known for the Arabic-Hebrew dictionary he co-compiled in 1947.