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<p> Originally slaves from the regions of the Caucasus, captured in war or bought in the market-place, who became the bodyguard of the [[Sultan]] in Egypt, and by-and-by his master to the extent of ruling the country and supplying a long line of Sultans of their own election from themselves, many of them enlightened rulers, governing the country well, but their supremacy was crushed by the Sultan of [[Turkey]] in 1517; after this, however, they retained much of their power, and they offered a brilliant resistance to [[Bonaparte]] at the battle of the [[Pyramids]] in 1798, who defeated them; but recovering their power after his withdrawal and proving troublesome, they were by two treacherous massacres annihilated in 1811 by Mehemet Ali, who became Viceroy of | Mamelukes <ref name="term_76316" /> | ||
==References == | <p> Originally slaves from the regions of the Caucasus, captured in war or bought in the market-place, who became the bodyguard of the [[Sultan]] in Egypt, and by-and-by his master to the extent of ruling the country and supplying a long line of Sultans of their own election from themselves, many of them enlightened rulers, governing the country well, but their supremacy was crushed by the Sultan of [[Turkey]] in 1517; after this, however, they retained much of their power, and they offered a brilliant resistance to [[Bonaparte]] at the battle of the [[Pyramids]] in 1798, who defeated them; but recovering their power after his withdrawal and proving troublesome, they were by two treacherous massacres annihilated in 1811 by Mehemet Ali, who became Viceroy of Egypt under the Porte. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_76316"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/mamelukes Mamelukes from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_76316"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/mamelukes Mamelukes from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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