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This resulted in the sons of these tribes having every right to inherit the throne of the country and ascend it, and for the path of these struggles to lead Islam into the ranks of the royal family itself. Thus, Arab Islamic influence continued to grow in Nubia with the help of the Mamluks, to the extent that we find the king of Alwa, in his capital Soba, had become aware of this second reality. Hence, he made attempts to overcome the Sultanate's court in Cairo after he had seen with his own eyes the increasing Arab Islamic influence within his country and what happened to Sama Mun from the dispatch of three continuous campaigns against him.

Sources mention that the king of Alwa sent a delegation in 1286 AD/1282 AD to the Sultan of Egypt. This delegation presented gifts to the Sultan, expressing the king of Alwa's (sometimes called Alwa) loyalty and submission to Egypt. Historical facts have clarified an important truth, which is that the Mamluk Sultans began to extend their spheres of influence towards the kingdom of Alwa by heading towards the Nile basin. Thus, the Mamluk Sultans began to exercise their political and military activities in southern Nubia, but in areas different from the traditional areas of activity of previous Egyptian rulers in Nubia. This is because some campaigns began to penetrate south of Dongola, the capital of Makuria, for more than thirty-three days, even surpassing Alwa, the kingdom of Alwa. Hence, despite the internal developments in Nubia, it remained loyal to the Mamluk Sultans in Egypt, even during the difficult circumstances that Egypt faced during the wars with the Mongols, Tatars, and Crusaders.

The history of Egyptian-Nubian relations in the Mamluk era is a long history that may not be accommodated by extensive presentation in this research, because the role of the Mamluks in Nubia requires several studies, but we suffice with this. We reach the reign of Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad, who ordered the dispatch of

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