The Mameluke; or, Slave dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, AD . ntermarriage with female descendants of Coreishitestock, the claim would be a weak anachronism. Thereal Caliphate ended with the fall of Bagdad anddeath of Zahir, the last Caliph of Abbaside descent;and so did the Fatimide (or schismatic) Caliphate endwith its abolition by Saladin. Tlie resuscitation l^y Ibii Ayas who contiuued iu Egypt and notices tlie arrival ofpersons from Constantinople, nowhere mentions the Caliphs return ;so that it must have been after 1522 ;. when Ibn Ayas historyends. 214 THE OSMANLY CALIPHATE 1517.
The Mameluke; or, Slave dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, AD . ntermarriage with female descendants of Coreishitestock, the claim would be a weak anachronism. Thereal Caliphate ended with the fall of Bagdad anddeath of Zahir, the last Caliph of Abbaside descent;and so did the Fatimide (or schismatic) Caliphate endwith its abolition by Saladin. Tlie resuscitation l^y Ibii Ayas who contiuued iu Egypt and notices tlie arrival ofpersons from Constantinople, nowhere mentions the Caliphs return ;so that it must have been after 1522 ;. when Ibn Ayas historyends. 214 THE OSMANLY CALIPHATE 1517. Beibars of the sacred office was (as we have seen) apolitical measure meant to give an air of legitimacyto the throne, and weaken the Fatimide factionwhich threatened it. The Egyptian Caliphs werepossessed of no authority. They were but servantsand spiritual advisers of the Crow-n, fitted at best toerace the Court, and eive to each new Sultan an airof religious recognition. The Mameluke Caliphatewas a lifeless show ; the Osmanly Caliphate is but ?fct-^ ^-^nf^^^^r ? -• ? f fc
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