The discovery of the Cape of Good Hope (1498 AD/903 AH) and the presence of the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean, its coasts and the Red Sea had several consequences for the Islamic world and especially the land of Egypt.The direct transfer of Eastern goods to Europe and the prevention of the transfer of these goods to Egypt by attacking Arab and Egyptian ships and merchants caused Egypt to suffer an economic crisis at the end of the Burj Mamluk period, which mainly earned its income through the transit of goods....Ibn Ayyas, in his reports under various years of the early tenth century AH/sixteenth century AD, outlines the Portuguese attack on Egyptian ships and the blocking of the route for the transfer of goods from the Indian Ocean to Egypt and the consequences resulting from it.Therefore, it can be said that Ibn Ayyas, aware of the developments inside and outside Egypt, attributed the intensification of internal crises and the economic weakening of Egypt at the end of the Mamluk era to the presence of the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean and their dominance over the Red Sea trade route, the world trade highway of that time period.
Type of Study: Research |
Subject: Islamic History Received: 2025/01/4 | Revised: 2025/09/13 | Accepted: 2025/09/1 | ePublished ahead of print: 2025/09/13