Who were the mamelukes?

Question

a) vikings who became a powerful force in the Abbasid Empire
b) Slavs who were driven out of the Abbasid Empire
c) Turkish slaves who became a powerful force in the abbasid empire
d) Persian noblemen who were driven out the Abbasid Empire

Answer 1

The answer is C;
The Mamlukes were Turkish prisoners of Genghis Khan, who sold them as slaves to the Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt. The Sultan trained them as soldiers, and eventually they became his Palace guard.
In 1250, the Mamlukes seized control of Egypt, and ten years later they inflicted the first great defeat on the Mongol armies trying to seize Palestine. The Mamlukes overran Asia Minor, and they ruled Egypt for more than 250 years. Selim I of Turkey finally defeated them in 1517 and conquered Egypt.

Answer 2

Mamelukes

Answer 3

The mamelukes were Turkish slaves. A mamluk means "owned"; also transliterated mameluk, mameluke, mamaluke, or mamluke) was a slave soldier who converted to Islam and served the Muslim caliphs and the Ayyubid sultans during the Middle Ages. Over time, they became a powerful military caste, and on more than one occasion they seized power for themselves, for example ruling Egypt in the Mamluk Sultanate from 1250-1517.

After mamluks were converted to Islam, they were trained as cavalry soldiers. Mamluks were to follow the dictates of furusiyya, a code of conduct that included values like courage and generosity but also doctrine of cavalry tactics, horsemanship, archery and treatment of wounds.

Mamluks lived within their garrisons and mainly spent their time with each other. Their entertainments included sports like archery competitions and presentations of mounted combat skills at least twice a week. The intensive and rigorous training of each new recruit helped ensure a great deal of continuity in mamluk practices.

While technically they were no longer slaves after training, they were still obliged to serve the Sultan. The Sultan kept them as an outsider force, under his direct command, to use in the event of local tribal frictions. The Sultan could also send them as far as the Muslim regions of Spain.

Sultans had the largest number of mamluks, but the other amirs could have their own troops as well. Many mamluks rose to high positions throughout the empire, including army command. At first their status remained non-hereditary and sons were strictly prevented from following their fathers. However, over time in places like Egypt, the mamluk forces became linked to existing power structures and gained significant amounts of influence on those powers.

Answer 4

C
The Koran states that you should not fight a fellow Muslim. Some kingdoms worked around this by training and arming slaves to fight against their neighbors. These were the Mamalukes.

In Egypt, eventually, the Mamalukes overthrew the rulers and ran the place for themselves.

Answer 5

e) the Great Dane in the comic strips