The Mameluke; or, Slave dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, AD . TOP OP THE STOOL IN PKEVIOUS TOP OF A STOOL, INLAID WITH SILVEIt, FOUXD I\ TIIK OF SHABAX,SON OF NASIIJ, AND PRESERVED IN CAIRO MUSEUM. APPENDIX I BRIEF NOTICE OF THE MAMELUKES UNDER OSMANLY RULE. Under Ottoman rule, the Mamelukes still maintained their 1517-hold upon Egypt; and as the Portes prestige began fromtime to time to wane, so likewise did the influence of itsCairo representative; and in the same measure did that ofthe Beys and their Mamelukes gain ascendency. Theyremained, as in generations past, a sepa
The Mameluke; or, Slave dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, AD . TOP OP THE STOOL IN PKEVIOUS TOP OF A STOOL, INLAID WITH SILVEIt, FOUXD I\ TIIK OF SHABAX,SON OF NASIIJ, AND PRESERVED IN CAIRO MUSEUM. APPENDIX I BRIEF NOTICE OF THE MAMELUKES UNDER OSMANLY RULE. Under Ottoman rule, the Mamelukes still maintained their 1517-hold upon Egypt; and as the Portes prestige began fromtime to time to wane, so likewise did the influence of itsCairo representative; and in the same measure did that ofthe Beys and their Mamelukes gain ascendency. Theyremained, as in generations past, a separate race notmingling with those around them; and they still continuedto multiply their numbers by the flow of slaves purchasedby themselves from Siberia, Circassia and adjoining head of the Mamelukes came to be called Sheikh idBelcd, or Chief of the Land; and to gain this office,strife and combat too often embittered the race, andcaused fighting and disorder to prevail. The Sheikh whensupported by the Emirs was all-powerful; and the Porte,with its local Pashas, must in that case a
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