Christian Nubia pressured by Mamluk Egypt

1260

The Nubian Christian kingdom of Makuria came under increasing pressure from Mamluk sultans, who raided into the Nile valley and imposed tribute on the Christian rulers of Dongola. The centuries-old compact between Muslim Egypt and Christian Nubia was beginning to fray. Within a generation Mamluk-backed Muslim claimants would seize the Nubian throne, ending a thousand years of Christian rule along the upper Nile.