Chronological tables.

By Khidjra	A.D.	The names of Mamaliks	National origin
784	1382	Az-Zahir Sayf Addin Barkouk	Circassian
791	1389	Hadji II (second time, Bahry mamalik)	Circassian
792	1390	Az-Zahir Sayf Addin Barkouk (second time)	Circassian
801	1399	An-Nasir Nasir Addin Faradj	Circassian
808	1405	Al-Mansour Azzaddin Abdal Aziz	Circassian
808	1405	An-Nasir Nasir Addin Faradj (second time)	Circassian
815	1412	Al-Adel Al-Mustayn (Abbasi Khalef, proclaimed as Sultan)	Arab
815	1412	Al-Muayad Sayf Addin Shayh	Circassian
824	1421	Al-Muzaffar Ahmad	Circassian
824	1421	Az-Zahir Sayf Addin Tatar	Circassian
824	1421	As-Salih Nasir Addin Muhammad	Circassian
825	1422	Al-Ashraf Sayf Addin Barsbay	Circassian
841	1438	Al-Aziz Djamal Addin Yusuf	Circassian
842	1438	Az-Zahir Sayf Addin Djakhmak	Circassian
857	1453	Al-Mansour Fahr Addin Osman	Circassian
857	1453	Al-Ashraf Sayf Addin Enal	Circassian
865	1461	Al-Muayad Shihab Addin Ahmad	Circassian
865	1461	Az-Zahir Sayf Addin Khushkadam	Greek
872	1467	Az-Zahir Sayf Addin Belbay	Circassian
872	1468	Az-Zahir Temurbougha	Albanian
872	1468	Al-Ashraf Sayf Addin Qaytbay	Circassian
901	1496	An-Nasir Muhammad	Circassian
903	1498	Az-Zahir Qanshaw	Circassian
905	1500	Al-Ashraf Djanbulat	Circassian
906	1501	Al-Adel Sayf Addin Tumanbay I	Circassian
906	1501	Al-Ashraf Qanshaw Al-Ghouri	Circassian
922	1517	Al-Ashraf Tumanbay II	Circassian

The name of Sultan	Years of government	The origin of mother
1. Osman I	1281-1324	Osman
2. Orkhan	1324-1360	Osman
3. Murad I	1360-1389	Greek
4. Bayezid I	1389-1413	Greek
5. Mehmed I	1413-1421	Gemiyanoglu (Turkman)
6. Murad II	1421-1444	Dulkadirili (Turkman)
7. Mehmed II	1444-1446	supposedly Slav from Macedonia
Murad II (second time)	1446-1451	Dulkadirili (Turkman)
Mehmed II (second time)	1451-1481	supposedly Slav from Macedonia
8. Bayezid II	1481-1512	Osman
9. Selim I	1512-1520	Dulkadirili
10. Suleyman I	1520-1566	Osman-Circassian
11. Selim II	1566-1574	Ukrainian
12. Murad III	1574-1595	Venecian
13. Mehmed III	1595-1603	?
14. Ahmed I	1603-1617	?
15. Mustafa I	1617-1618	?
16. Osman II	1618-1622	supposedly Greek
Mustafa I (second time)	1622-1623	?
17. Murad IV	1623-1640	Greek
18. Ibrahim	1640-1648	Greek
19. Mehmed IV	1648-1678	Russian
20. Suleyman II	1678-1691	?
21. Ahmed II	1691-1695	?
22. Mustafa II	1695-1703	Greek from Cyprus
23. Ahmed III	1703-1730	Greek from Cyprus
24. Mahmud I	1730-1754	?
25. Osman II	1754-1757	Russian
26. Mustafa III	1757-1774	?
27. Abdul-Hamid I	1774-1789	Circassian
28. Selim III	1789-1807	Circassian
29. Mustafa IV	1807-1808	Circassian
30. Mahmud II	1808-1839	Circassian
31. Abdul-Majid I	1839-1861	Circassian
32. Abdul-Aziz	1861-1876	Circassian
33. Murad V	1876	Circassian
34. Abdul-Hamid II	1876-1909	Circassian
35. Mehmed V	1909-1918	Circassian
36. Mehmed VI	1918-1922	Circassian
37. Abdul-Majid II (Khalef)	1922-1924	Circassian

Great Vezirs' names	Years during service	Origin
Ozdamir-oglu Osman-pasha	1584-1585	Circassian (Adigha)
Darwish Mehmed-pasha	1653-1654	Circassian (Adigha)
Siyawuish-pasha	1651, 1656	Circassian (Abaza)
Melek Ahmed-pasha	1650-1651	Circassian (Abaza)
Suleyman-pasha	1712	Circassian (Abaza)
Djezairli Hasan-pasha	1787, 1789	Circassian (Adigha)
Hasan-pasha Meyyit	1789	Circassian (Adigha)
Khousrew Mehmed-pasha	1838-1840	Circassian (Adigha)
Tunuslu Khayreddin-pasha	1878	Circassian (Adigha)

Mamalik Emirs' names	Years during service	Origin
1. Sayf Addin Khayr-bey	1517-1522	Circassian
From the 1522 untill 1630 there was right government of Osman Sultans in the Egypt. From 1630 the power is passed onto Mamaliks, and in 1711 Egyptian pashalik was transformed into half-independent Emirat-Beylikat, which meant proclamation of Mamalik system of government.
2. Kitas-bey	?-1631	Circassian
3. Ridvan-bey Al-Fakari, and his co-ruler Qanshaw-bey Al-Qassimi	1631-1656 1631-1647	Circassian Circassian
4. Ahmad-bey Al-Qassimi	1656, 1659-1662	Bosnian
5. Ibrahim-bey ibn Zoulfikar Al-Faqari	1692-1694	Circassian
6. Ivaz-bey Al-Qassimi	?-1711	Circassian
7. Kitas-bey Al-Faqari	1711-1714	Circassian
8. Ibrahim-bey Al-Qassimi, and his co-ruler Ismail-bey ibn Ivaz	1714-1719	Bosnian Circassian
9. Mehmed-bey Al-Qassimi	1719-1731	Circassian
10. Osman-bey Al-Faqari	1731-1739	Circassian
11. Ibrahim-Qatkhoda Al-Kazdouglu, and his co-ruler Ridvan-bey, "aga" of Circassian corps	1744-1754	Georgian Circassian
12. Ali-bey Al-Qabir,	1754-1773	Abkhazian
From the 1763 - The only Ruler after destroying of opposite group's leader - Cherkes Ibrahim-bey.
13. Muhammad-bey Abu Zahab	1773-1775	Circassian
14. Murad-bey (died in 1801), his co-ruler Ibrahim-bey (died in 1816)	1775-1798	Circassian Geogian
15. Shahin-bey Al-Muradi	1801	Circassian
16. Muhammad-bey Al-Alfi Ad-Muradi, and his co-ruler Bashtak-bey.	1801-1807	Circassian Circassian
After the death of Muhammad-bey Al-Alfi in 1807, power is passed onto Albanian Muhammad Ali, which was the leader of Osman troops in the Egypt, who received "firman" in 1805 about confirmation of his appointment of Vice-King.

From the Book of Samir Khotko 'Genesis of Circassian elites in Mamalik Sultanat and Osman Empire', in Russian. Maykop, 1999.
Prepared and translated by Ali Berzeg.

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