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- 2019
EGYPT MAHMIL DURING MAMLUKSKeywords: Hac,Meml?kler,mahmil,Kabe ?rtüsü,Hac kervan? Abstract: ABSTRACT In the 8th year of the Hijri calendar (M. 630), the pilgrimage of worship, imposed upon the believers one year after the conquest of Mecca in the year of the conquest, is a worship that every Muslim who has the power to fulfil its conditions until the present. However, apart from the fact that the individual's special conditions were perfect for the pilgrim to be performed, the state where they lived, and the state where they were taboo, had to meet the minimum requirements for the pilgrimage of the individual on the long and dangerous path. From this, the pilgrim candidates would participate in this long and labour-intensive journey by organizing state-organized organizations.It was also important for Muslim states to take and bring their citizens on a pilgrimage, as a legitimacy issue. Al-Zahir Baybars, considered the founder of the MamlukState, send a conical shaped tent called mahmel, which was placed on a camel, from Cairo to Mecca in a great ceremony together with the Egyptian pilgrimage. In this way, he initiated a tradition which had not existed before in Islamic world and he conveyed the message that he was the patron of both the Hejaz region and all Muslims to all the witnesses on the pilgrims. Another issue of legitimacy was the issue of touching the veil of the Kaaba called kisva. An honourable task, such as the sending of the cover of the Kaaba, was a concession of the states which controlled Mecca and Medina politically. At the same time, this concession was an indicator of the fact that the Islamic world was the largest and most reliable state, and states showed great importance in this regard. In this study, it will be mentioned that in Mamluks, the security of the pilgrimage and the mahmel celebrations, the cupboard, the pilgrimage and the officers and the security of the pilgrimage will be discussed
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