From what origin was Qutuz before he was sold into slavery?
Turkic
Egyptian
Greek
Roman
Answer
Qutuz was born into a Turkic family in the 1240s in a place near the city of Bursa, which is now in Turkey. When he was a young boy, he was sold into slavery and taken to Egypt. He became a soldier in the Mamluk army and eventually became sultan of Egypt.
The Majestic Sultan: Unleashing the Legacy of Qutuz
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