Who Were the Mamluks?

Re:Who Were the Mamluks? by hmd_imputer on Thursday September 06, 2018 @10:34AM (#17926577)

"the Mamluks were not native to Egypt but were always slave soldiers, mainly Qipchak Turks from Central Asia." - if two Turks come together, they would establish an empire.

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Re:Who Were the Mamluks? by Symmetry on Thursday September 06, 2018 @10:48AM (#17926679)

I seem to recall that because the Mamluks were mostly Turkic their country was called "The home of the Turks" or essentially "Turkey" for a while.

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Re:Who Were the Mamluks? by mustaflex on Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:56AM (#17927143)

if I remember correctly one of the first of the Mamluk kings was named "bay pars" meaning rich leopard in turkish.

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