Egypt/Syria: Three Mamluks on horseback carrying lances. Etching by Daniel Hopfer (1470-1536), c. 1526-1536. Mamluk (mamālīk plural), 'owned'; also called Mamlouk, Kölemen, Mamluq, Mamluke, Mameluk, Mameluke, Mamaluke or Marmeluke. A Mamluk is a soldier of slave origin, predominantly Cuman or Kipchak and later Circassian and Georgian. The 'Mamluk phenomenon', as David Ayalon dubbed the creation of the specific warrior class, was of great political importance and was extraordinarily long-lived, lasting from the 9th to the 19th century CE. Over time, Mamluks became a powerful military caste.

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