mameluke|mamelukes in English
noun
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
Use "mameluke|mamelukes" in a sentence
1. 6 He stormed the city, defeated the Mamelukes at Aleppo, and then attacked the Turks.
2. Egypt was Colonized by several civilizations throughout history, including the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Mamelukes, Ottoman Turks, French and British
3. Atrocity stories filtered through, of the Mamelukes bursting into the citadel; of the destruction, the rampage; the plundering. Sentencedict.com
4. Years later the island became the scene of a bloody massacre; when the Mamelukes entered Tripoli in 1289 the panic-stricken inhabitants fled to the port and crossed over to the island.