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Mameluke

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(anglicized through the French, from the Arabic mamluk, a slave), the name given to a series of Egyptian sultans, originating (1250) in the usurpation of supreme power by the bodyguard of Turkish slaves first formed in Egypt under the successors of Saladin. See Egypt: History (Moslem period).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mameluke'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/mameluke.html. 1910.
 
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