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Mamluks were enslaved people from diverse non-Arab backgrounds who were trained as military slaves, converted to Islam, and then freed to serve as elite soldiers and administrators in Muslim societies. They became an important ruling class in the medieval Islamic world, forming powerful military regiments that wielded significant political and military authority despite their origins as enslaved people.
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Key facts
- Military unit.unit_name
- Mamluks
- Military unit.native_name
- مماليك
- Military unit.image
- Three Mamelukes with lances on horseback.jpg
- Military unit.image_size
- 240px
- Military unit.caption
- Ottoman Mamluk lancers, early 16th century. Etching by Daniel Hopfer (), British Museum, London
- Military unit.dates
- 830s–1811
- Military unit.country
- Abbasid Caliphate Fatimid CaliphateSeljuk Empire Ayyubid Sultanate Mamluk Sultanate Delhi SultanateOttoman EmpireMughal Empire
- Military unit.type
- Enslaved mercenaries, slave-soldiers, freed slaves
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Mamluk.jpg
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Circassian nobilityEarly modern history of Georgia (country)KipchaksKnightsMamluk dynasty (Delhi)MamluksMamluk SultanateMedieval history of Georgia (country)Military history of the Abbasid CaliphateMilitary history of the Fatimid CaliphateMilitary slaveryMilitary units and formations of the Ottoman Empire