Mamluk
The Mamluks were members of a military caste that began as slaves and controlled Egypt from 1254 to 1811. Other Mamluks held power in some other Muslim countries such as Delhi Sultanate India. The word means "slave" in Arabic. In 1517, the Ottoman Empire conquered the Mamluks of Egypt, but they continued to be powerful until 1811, when Muhammad Ali Pasha defeated them and took control of Egypt.
Mamluk Media
- Ottoman Mamluk horseman circa 1550.jpg
Mail and plate armour with full horse armor of an Ottoman Mamluk horseman (circa 1550), Musée de l'Armée, Paris
- Dupre-Mameluk.jpg
A Muslim Greek Mamluk portrayed by Louis Dupré (oil on canvas, 1825)
- A Mamluk from Aleppo.jpg
A Mamluk nobleman from Aleppo (Ottoman Syria, 19th century)
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An Egyptian Mamluk warrior in full armor and armed with lance, shield, Mameluke sword, yatagan and pistols.
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The battle of Wadi al-Khazandar, 1299. depicting Mongol archers and Mamluk cavalry; 14th-century illustration from a manuscript of the History of the Tatars.
- View from the citadel.JPG
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan (left) along with the later Al-Rifa'i Mosque (right) and two Ottoman mosques (foreground) in Cairo
- Bowl, Syria, 1350s-1400s, glass gilded and enameled - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC05255.JPG
Mamluk-Syrian glassware vessel from the 14th century; in the course of trade, the middle vase shown ended up in Yemen and then China.
Mamluks attacking at the Fall of Tripoli in 1289
- Carle Vernet Mameluck en Attaque.jpg
Charge of the Mamluk cavalry by Carle Vernet
- Myrbach-Charge of the Mamluks.jpg
Charge of the Mamluks during the Battle of Austerlitz by Felician Myrbach. An elite body of cavalry whom the French encountered during their campaign in Egypt in 1798, the Mamluks could trace their lineage of service to the Ottomans back to the mid-13th century.
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Other websites
- Qur'an Carpet Page; al-Fatihah is an Islamic holy book that was owned by Mamluks from the 1300s
