stackyFACTSSultan Qutuz is the ultimate proof that the Mamluk system was a terrifying meritocracy born of trauma.
Sultan Qutuz is the ultimate proof that the Mamluk system was a terrifying meritocracy born of trauma. Kidnapped and sold as a child soldier, he ruthlessly rose through the ranks of Egypt's military slave caste to become Sultan. When the supposedly unstoppable Mongol horde arrived at Ain Jalut, Qutuz led a devastating cavalry charge that shattered the myth of Mongol invincibility, literally saving the Islamic world from utter annihilation.
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