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The Battle of Marj Dābiq ((アラビア語:مرج دابق), meaning "the meadow of Dābiq"; (トルコ語:Mercidabık Muharebesi)) was a decisive military clash in Middle Eastern history, fought on 24 August 1516, near the town of Dabiq, 44 km north of Aleppo, Syria.〔 The battle was part of the Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17) between the Ottoman Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate, which ended ultimately in an Ottoman victory, the conquest of most of the Middle East by the Ottoman Empire, and the end of the Mamluk Sultanate. The Ottoman Empire's victory in this battle gave it control of the entire region of Syria. == Battle preparations == Sultan Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri spent the winter of 1515 and the spring of 1516 in preparations for an army with which he proposed marching to the disturbed confines of Asia Minor,〔 and thus being ready for all contingencies. When just about to start, an Embassy arrived from Selim I promising, still in friendly terms, to appoint, as he had been asked, an Egyptian vassal to Dulkadirids, and reopen the frontier to the traffic of goods and slaves.〔 It was by summer on May 18, 1516 when Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri started from Cairo with a numerous force (reportedly 20,000 knights), appointed well in all respects but in artillery.〔 He left Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II at the helm of things in Cairo,〔 and marched in great pomp with music, singing and festivity. There followed fifteen Emirs of a thousand, besides many of less degree ; 5000 of his own Mamluks, with the militia ; and all this supplemented as he passed along by Syrian and Bedouin contingents ; so that they did not want for numbers.〔 The high Officers of State, Caliph Al-Mutawakkil III, Sheikhs and Courtiers, with Muezzins, Physician and Musicians, followed in his train.〔 On the way he received also Ahmed, son of the late Pretender to the Ottoman throne (Selim I's nephew), and carried him along with courtly honors in the hope of drawing over his sympathizers from the Ottoman force.〔 Advancing slowly Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri entered Damascus on June 9,〔 with carpets spread in his pathway, while European merchants scattered gold, amongst the crowd. After a few days' stay he went forward leisurely, received at Homs and Hama with festivities, towards Halab.〔 Meanwhile, another Embassy arrived from the Ottoman camp which, in deceptive guise, brought costly gifts to the Sultan and also to the Caliph Al-Mutawakkil III and Vizier, with the request of Selim I for a supply of Egyptian sugar and confectionery.〔 It was also intimated that legal pronouncements against the Shah of Persia Ismail I had forced him again to prepare for war and take the field.〔 The Chancellor Mughla Baig was sent with presents in return; but by the time he reached the Ottoman camp, Selim I had thrown off the garb of peace; and now to show his contempt of the Egyptians, treated the Embassy ignominiously, and sent back the Chancellor shaven and shorn, and mounted on a lame and wretched animal, with the rest on foot.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Marj Dabiq」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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