Al-Qadmus was captured and annexed to the Mamluk Sultanate by Baibars in 1273.Raphael, p. 106.Holt, p. 263. It was still controlled by the Ismailis, albeit as loyal subjects to the sultanate, during the intermittent reign of Sultan an-Nasir Muhammad (1294-1340).Daftary, 2007, p. 402. When North African scholar Ibn Battuta visited al-Qadmus in 1355, during Mamluk rule, noting that it was part of the niyabah ("governorship") of Masyaf, a dependency of Tripoli. Later this governorship was detached from Tripoli and transferred to Damascus province when it was visited by al-Qalqashandi in 1412.Bosworth, 1989, p. 291. Taxes on cotton cloth and silk were abolished in the district of al-Qadmus by various Mamluk sultans in the late 15th century.Jidejian, 1980, pp. 79-80.
