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Mamluk
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mamluk
English
Noun
en Mameluke.
en 2009 w:Diarmaid MacCulloch Islam: The Great Realignment (622–1500) A History of Christianity 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.
Adjective
en historical Of, from or pertaining to the Mamluk Sultanate.