An Egyptian Mamluk army under Barsbay captured Taiz during its campaign in Yemen. The campaign had been assembled amid Portuguese pressure in the Red Sea, but it displaced Tahirid authority and extended military control over Yemeni territory. Local Zaydi forces and Yemeni tribes supported the Mamluks, so the conquest was not a simple external-versus-local binary.
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What happened in Yemen on 10-03-1517?
An Egyptian Mamluk army under Barsbay captured Taiz during its campaign in Yemen. The campaign had been assembled amid Portuguese pressure in the Red Sea, but it displaced Tahirid
Mamluk forces capture Taiz took place on 10-03-1518.
False. The documented full date is 10-03-1517. An Egyptian Mamluk army under Barsbay captured Taiz during its campaign in Yemen. The campaign had been assembled amid Portuguese pressure in the Red Sea, but it displaced Tahirid