Cairo In The Battle Of Egypt

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Selim I managed to take Cairo in the Battle of Ridanyah (1517 CE) ending the Mamluk Sultante and hanging their last Sultan (Muir). When Sultan Selim took hold of Cairo, he resided in the Nilometer (in Al-Ghuri’s palace) for several days; meanwhile, a plan was in order to assassinate him by a Mamluk, Qansuh Al-Adili, for hanging Tuman Bey II. He planned to climb above the palace hall over the Nilometer using a rope ladder. Discovered by the guards, Qansuh jumped into the Nile, attempted to escape before he was overtaken by a boat and killed (Ali Pasha in Poppers, 28). A few days later, he would build an upper structure enclosing the Nilometer palace to protect himself from the heat (and the smell of corpses of Egyptians) (Iyas and Mekka in