Chapter 1631： Egyptian Persian alliance

The news of the defeat of Persia quickly reached nearby Egypt. The Egyptian Mamluk dynasty controlled the Syrian region at this time, and the Syrian region bordered Persia. The news of the defeat of Persia naturally spread to Egypt.

Then, the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty immediately re-evaluated the strength comparison between Turkey and Persia. Originally, the Egyptians believed that the Persians had the upper hand. But they did not expect that after World War I, Persia even lost the capital Tabriz.

During the war, the Persian description of the artillery shocked the Egyptians. Therefore, the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty Sultan Gary Gur has stepped up the construction of firearm troops.

At this time, Guz, the trade representative of the North Sea State, who had been selling firearms to the Cairo court, asked again. This time, the Sultan Gary Gul, who had not paid much attention to Guz before, finally finally negotiated with Guz well.

Guz negotiated on behalf of Marin and Egypt, and the conditions for the offer were very favorable. On behalf of the North Sea country, Guz agreed to sell artillery and Rumi guns at the best price. And what Egypt needs to pay is not cash, but only ordinary agricultural products in Egypt, and even worthless things like camels.

In addition, Guz also represented Marin, suggesting that Gary Gould reconcile with Persia and join hands. Because the Portuguese and the Spanish have cut off the sea trade routes between Egypt and India. At this time, the Egyptians wanted to contact India, only by land. But Lu Lun was under the control of the Persian Safavid Empire, but Egypt and the Safavid Empire had not dealt with it because of sectarian differences. You know, Egypt controls the Hanzhi area, including Mecca, and also controls the puppet caliphate, claiming to be protected by the Sunni, and has high prestige in the Middle East. And Persia, the only Shiite country, naturally has less than one pot with the Mamluk dynasty.

If it were before, Gutz dared to make this suggestion, it is estimated that he would be hacked to death by the Egyptians. However, it is different now. The defeat of Persia has made Egypt re-understand the situation in the Middle East. In Egypt, the Portuguese and Spaniards blocked the sea trade routes, which led to financial difficulties. For Gurz's suggestion, Gary Gul would have listened.

So, while agreeing to purchase a large amount of artillery and Rumi guns from the North Sea country, Gary Gul began to send emissaries to Persia tentatively ...

If it were in the past, it is estimated that the Persian side either chopped off the Egyptian messenger or drove away the messenger because of sectary hatred. But this time, realizing that it was not as good as Turkey's Persian Ismail I, he calmly received the messenger of Egypt.

The Egyptians came for spices. Nowadays, the maritime trade line is cut off by the Portuguese and the Spaniards. The only hope is the land route.

Although it is said that the cost of land transportation is much higher than that of sea transportation, but it can't stand the spice trade profiteering!

Even before, Marin's fleet even transported spices directly from India back to Europe, with up to 60 times as much profit. If you go by land, even if the transportation cost is increased several times, there are still a lot of huge profits. Although it is necessary to make a lot of profits for the middleman in Venice, the Egyptians are also very profitable. Moreover, if the spice trade goes by land, Persia can also extract tax from it.

So, the two countries that were originally hostile to each other quietly came together for the benefit, but they were not disclosed to the public ...

The two sides agreed-Egypt sent a camel team from the Syrian area, passed Baghdad, then turned to Isfahan in the southeast, and then continued to the Balochistan area in the southeast. Gujarat in the northwest-this is also a very important trading center on the west coast of India. Before, Egyptian merchant ships often came to buy. Nowadays, the Portuguese and Spaniards have broken the sea. If allowed by the Persians, the Egyptians could still reach here by land.

Although, a camel can only carry about 300 pounds of spices. However, if there are enough camels, the cargo capacity is also quite large. For example, if you send 100 camels, you can carry more than 30,000 pounds of spices, and the profit is also considerable. Send a few more camel teams, and profits will come up.

While Portugal and Spain are very horizontal at sea, they really have no choice on land. Faced with large-scale scimitar cavalry, the Portuguese and Spaniards will also be more counseling. Although Spain can fight, the problem is that they cannot ship large numbers of troops to Central Asia to fight. Therefore, the Egyptians had no way to go by land.

Of course, the Portuguese and the Spaniards can threaten the coastal state of India by prohibiting them from trading in spices with the Egyptians. But India is not the only country that produces spice in coastal states, and it is also sold in landlocked states. Most of them, Ceylon cinnamon and Spice Islands cloves and nutmeg can not be bought. The local peppers in India are still bought by the Egyptians ...

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In fact, even if Guz did not make suggestions, the Egyptians would choose to ally with the Persians in their original history. Because, in cooperation with Persia, you can not only buy spices by land, but also purchase cheap Persian horses from Persia.

However, the original Egyptians were very unlucky. After forming an alliance with the Persians, they had not yet begun to enjoy the benefits, and the Battle of Dubuque Steppe broke out with Turkey. In that battle, Egyptian Sultan Gary Gul died on the spot. The following year, Turkey eliminated the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty.

However, this time and space are different. At the suggestion of Gutz, the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt contacted Persia earlier, and a large number of guns were purchased from the North Sea country at low prices. History has obviously been greatly changed ...

But Marin suspected that the Egyptians might not beat Turkey. Because the change of the Egyptians was forced, not proactive. Guns are still new to the Egyptian army. They want to adapt. It is estimated that there is a long way to go. You know, the hardest thing to change is the concept of people. The Turkish army opened Constantinople with artillery a long time ago and was familiar with firearms. The army of the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt, however, was only in contact with firearms for a short time.

Fortunately, however, because of Marin's intervention, the army of the Persian Safavid Empire did not suffer much. As long as the Egyptian army and the Persian army join forces, even Turkey has no good solution. And with the containment of Persia and Egypt behind it, it is impossible to concentrate on the invasion of Europe compared to Turkey. After all, they are also afraid that Persia and Egypt will take advantage of their native emptiness to stab in the back ...

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The Egyptians raised their hands in favor of the Egyptians ’proposal to purchase war horses from the Persian. After all, Persian horses are not selling well. The surrounding are all horse breeding countries, who is it sold to? Only Egypt, a country with many deserts, lacks horses. Before, Egypt imported Mawarima from India as a banned warhorse.

Nowadays, it is possible to purchase war horses from Persia, not to mention whether there is a good Indian Mawarima. Only the freight cost can increase a lot of money. Moreover, the price also avoids India cheaper. After all, Persia is bordered by Egypt and can drive large groups of horses directly into Syrian territory.

Finally, the Egyptians and Persia talked about the slave trade ...

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Slave trade has always been the core issue of the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt. The word Mamluk means "slave". The Mamluk cavalry, the elite of the Mamluk dynasty, was mostly a Circassian slave. The Circassian slaves ~ www.novelhall.com ~ have been sold by the merchants of Venice and Genoa from the Black Sea region to Egypt.

But since the 1470s, in order to weaken the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty, Turkey banned Italians from selling Circassian slaves from the Black Sea region to Egypt. In this way, the largest source of troops in the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt was cut off by the Turks for decades. The current Mamluk cavalry can only be selected locally, and the scale is not as good as it was then.

The Egyptian Mamluk dynasty desperately needed to add new Circassian slave soldiers, but the road to introduce Circassian slaves at sea was strangled by the Turks, and the Egyptians had no choice.

However, the Black Sea coast of the western Caucasus, where the Circassians live, happens to border the Persian Safavid Empire. If the Persians agree, the Egyptians can still introduce Circassian slaves from the ground, and then continue to train elite Mamluk cavalry through brutal training.

Therefore, it is more important for Egypt to continue to buy Circassian slaves than to buy war horses from Persia.

Ismail I thought for a long time, and finally agreed to the Egyptians' request. However, he limited the number of Egyptians purchasing Circassian slaves, stipulating how many places could be traded per year. In this way, Persia can also control the expansion of the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty.

At the same time, Ismaili also had the idea of ​​establishing a Mamluk Cavalry Guard Corps. After all, Persia is close to the Circassian residence, and it is more convenient to form the Mamluk cavalry ...