Mameluke

mameluke English 2024 December 18 Etymology vertical Paillot de Montalbert Roustam Raza 1806.jpg Jacques-Nicolas Paillot de Montabert, Roustam Raza (1806).n n1 From the collection of the Musée de l’Armée (Army Museum) in Paris, France. The portrait depicts Roustam Raza (1783–1845), who was of Armenian origin. Kidnapped at thirteen and sold into slavery in Cairo, Egypt, he later became a mameluke bodyguard (en historical) and secondary valet of Napoleon. 13 - Mameluke of Egypt.jpg A 19th-century illustration of a mameluke (en historical) in Egypt. en ar م ل ك Borrowed from a European language such as en la-lat mameluc or en frm mamelu, frm mameluch (modern fr mameluk, fr mamelouk), borrowed from en ar مَمْلُوك (adjective) owned, possessed; (noun) slave (especially a white slave), the passive participle of ar مَلَكَ to own, possess; to be the master,n 1161334440 December 2023n from ar م ل ك root relating to authority and possession. en mameluco. Pronunciation en /ˈmamɪl(j)uːk/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mameluke.wav Southern England en /ˈmæməˌluk/ GA en Mam e luke Noun en historicalen historical A member of various military regimes in the Middle East established and run by freed white slave soldiers, mainly from the Eurasian steppe or the Caucasus; in particular, those who formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria from 1260 until 1516. Heresyes IV Chapter 15. That Princes be Boundẽ Bounden to Punish Heretykes, and that Fayre Handelyng Helpeth Litle with Many of Them 279 2 Mammolukes and Geniſaries about yͤ Turk and Sowdã Sowdan, i.e., Sudan, haue vſed to chriſten their children of purpoſe, that by the renayĩg of their fayth, after, they might be made Mammolukes or Geniſaries, as theyr fathers were, and may be had the more in eſtimacion & fauour about the greate Turke, I Of Steedes, Called in French Destriers 156 The Mammalukes boaſt, that they have the nimbleſt and readieſt horſes of any men at armes in the vvorld. 44 The mightie Empire of Saladine againe rent in peeces, yet ſtill poſſeſſed in parts by the Selzuccian family: vntill driuen out of Syria by the Tartars, and diſpoſſeſt of Ægypt by the Mamalacks. LVIII 631 I shall not tell how that one solitary Mameluke jumped his horse a hundred feet down from the battlements of the citadel and escaped, because I do not think much of that—I could have done it myself; XVI 107 Conceivably both fort and causeway had been built by an Egyptian Mameluke for the passage of his pilgrim-caravan from Yenbo. en 2002 Colin Jones Conclusion: The Brumaire Leviathan and la Grande Nation The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon 1715–99 New York, N.Y. w:Columbia University Press 574 https://archive.org/details/greatnationfranc0000jone_l7x7/page/574/mode/1up 978-0-231-12882-7 He Napoleon first smashed the native Mameluke army at the battle of the Pyramids on 21 July 1798, and secured lower Egypt before leading an expedition in Syria against Turkish forces. en 2009 w:Diarmaid MacCulloch Islam: The Great Realignment (622–1500) A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years London w:Allen Lane 278 https://archive.org/details/historyofchristi0000macc/page/278/mode/1up 978-0-713-99869-6 The Mamluks, who seized power in Egypt in 1250, were a caste of men captured for military service, so they drew their identity from their defence of Islam against its enemies. en by extension en supporter with blind or slavish devotion en derogatory One who supports someone or something blindly or slavishly; specifically, one who supports the Roman Catholic Church in this manner. en ovine sheep 177 For love of the world many are this day fallen away; and many which stood on the truth's side, and defended it awhile, for love of the world have gotten them unto the contrary part, and are become the antichrist of Rome's mamelukes, and are waxen the most wicked enemies unto the truth, and most cruel against it. 18 April 1833 II Church of Rome—Celibacy of the Clergy 161 But, so long as the Bishop of Rome remains Pope, and has an army of Mamelukes all over the world, we shall do very little by fulminating against mere doctrinal errors. en obsolete A slave (especially one who is a white European) in a Middle Eastern Muslim country. II Court 475–476 41 But this madde Amalecke, / Lyke to a Mamelek, / He regardeth lordes / No more than potshordes; 2nd Feliciano Cieça de Corvalho 1 III 2 A Speciall Letter Written from Feliciano Cieça de Carvalsho the Gouernour of Paraina in the Most Northerne Part of Brasil, 1597. to Philip the Second King of Spaine, Answering His Desire Touching the Conquest of Rio Grande, with the Relation of the Besieging of the Castle of Cabodelo by the Frenchmen, and of the Discouerie of a Rich Siluer Mine and Diuerse Other Important Matters 718 The King our maſter hath ſent a decree and certaine ſtatutes touching the good gouernment and orders to be executed and kept in thoſe Indian townes; and that vpon ſight hereof I ſhall preſently baniſh all the Mamalukes and white men which dwell in any of thoſe Indian townes with all ſpeede, I 3 Having accepted this advice the King forthwith bade prepare handsome gifts, such as horses with saddles of gem encrusted gold; Mamelukes, or white slaves; beautiful handmaids, high breasted virgins, and splendid stuffs and costly. Usage notes Since the 20th century, the form en Mamluk has been preferred in scholarly writing as it more accurately transliterates the Arabic word. Alternative forms en Mamaluke mamaluke mameluk mameluke Mamluk mamluk mamluke mammaluke en memlook Derived terms en mameluke fool US (Italian-American), derogatory, slang en Mamelukedom en Mamelukery Related terms en mameluco Translations member of various military regimes in the Middle East established and run by freed white slave soldiers Arabic: ar مَمْلُوك m Egyptian Arabic: arz مملوك m mamlūk Armenian: hy մամլուք Asturian: ast Mamelucu Azerbaijani: az məmlük Bashkir: ba мәмлүк Basque: eu mameluko m Breton: br Mamlouked Bulgarian: bg Мамелюци Catalan: ca mameluc m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 馬穆魯克 Mǎmùlǔkè Czech: cs mamlúk Danish: da mameluk ? Dutch: nl mammeluk m, nl mamluk m Finnish: fi mamelukki French: fr mamelouk m Galician: gl mameluco m German: de Mamluk ? Greek: el Μαμελούκοι ? Hungarian: hu mameluk, hu mamlúk Icelandic: is mamelúki ?, is mamlúki ? Indonesian: id Mamalik, id Mamluk Irish: ga Mamalúcach ? Italian: it mamelucco m, it mammalucco m, it mammelucco m Kazakh: kk мәмлүк Korean: ko 맘루크 Kyrgyz: ky мамлүк Latin: la mameluc Late Latin Latvian: lv Mameluk ? Lithuanian: lt Mameliuk ? Malay: ms Mamluk Marathi: mr मामलूक Norwegian: Bokmål: nb mamelukk m Nynorsk: nn mamelukk m Occitan: oc mameloc ? Polish: pl mameluk m Portuguese: pt mameluco m Punjabi: pa ਮਮਲੂਕ Romanian: ro mameluc m Russian: ru мамлю́к m Sicilian: scn mammaluccu m Slovene: sl mameluk ? Spanish: es mameluco m Swedish: sv mamluk c Tamil: ta மம்லூக் Tatar: tt Мәмлүкләр Thai: th มัมลูก Turkish: tr memluk memlûk Ukrainian: uk Мамелю́к ?, uk Мамлюк ? Vietnamese: vi Mamluk one who supports someone or something blindly or slavishly ovine See also en janissary Notes n References Further reading Mamluk Mamluk (disambiguation) en Slavery