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Mamluk
مملوكDefinition
Literally 'owned' — the military slave dynasty that ruled Egypt and Syria during Ibn Battuta's travels. The Mamluk state was one of the most powerful in the Muslim world, and Ibn Battuta's descriptions of their court, architecture, and scholars provide invaluable historical testimony.
As understood in the classical tradition of Ibn Battuta and the scholars of his school.
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