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Ääntäminen

  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈmaməluːk/
Käännös
Substantiivit
1.
mamluk {en}

Määritelmät

Substantiivit

  1. A member of a military regime created and run originally by freed white slaves, which formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria until 1516.
  2. (obsolete) A slave (especially white) in a Muslim country.

Esimerkit

  • The Mammalukes boast, that they have the nimblest and readiest horses of any men at armes in the world.
  • He first smashed the native Mameluke army at the battle of the Pyramids on 21 July, and secured lower Egypt before leading an expedition in Syria against Turkish forces.
  • The Mamluks, who seized power in Egypt in 1250, were a caste of men captured for military service, so they drew their identity from their defence of Islam against its enemies.
  • Having accepted this advice the King forthwith bade prepare handsome gifts, such as horses with saddles of gem encrusted gold; Mamelukes, or white slaves; beautiful handmaids, high breasted virgins, and splendid stuffs and costly.

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Monikkomamelukes

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