Mamluks strategy

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They are quite playable. Theres plenty of reasonably easy prey nearby taking ethiopia, najd etc. Once your ready for the bigger world a good strategy is to take Sole Defender of the Faith which allows a DOW on any different religion with no CB required as long as they are at war with someone of your faith. This allows domination of the Persians and as much europe warfare as you like.

A second strategy is to head east right from the beginning, gobbling up the Arabian peninsula and going to war with Timurid/Qara. Those guys usually end up fighting each other, so jumping in and reaping the benefits will help alot.

Mid to late game, the Ottomans will pose a big threat. Once you've gobbled up plenty of nearby Muslim minors, take out your big brother to the north and finally recreate the infamous Caliphate.