mameluke

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English - Turkish
{i} mısır köle sınıfı
{i} köle
{i} memluk

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English - English
One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Mohammedanism, who, at times, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811

I hastened to buy many slaves of both sexes, mamluks, beautiful veiled women, negroes, lands, houses and other property... - The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night.

a white slave
One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Mohammedanism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811
{i} member of a military unit that was made-up of slaves converted to Mohammedanism that seized control of the sultanate in 1250 in Egypt and held the throne until 1517 and continued in power until 1811 when it was exterminated by Mehemet Ali; (in Muslim countries) slave
mameluke

    Hyphenation

    Mam·e·luke

    Turkish pronunciation

    mämıluk

    Pronunciation

    /ˈmaməˌlo͞ok/ /ˈmæməˌluːk/

    Etymology

    [ 'mam-"lük ] (noun.) circa 1506. 16th Century. From French mamelouk, ultimately from Arabic مملوك (mamluk, “slave”)from ملك (málaka, “to possess, to acquire”)
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