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Leonidas300 said:rapic1994 said:Leonidas300 said:
You mean the soldiers right? Yes they came as slaves and they became rulers of armies. But most of them were Turks as stated in wikipedia "mamluks were known as ghilman (another term for slaves, broadly synonymous[11]) and were bought by the Abbasid caliphs, especially al-Mu'tasim (833-842). By the end of the 9th century, these slaves had become the dominant element in the military." and "military slaves, known as either mamluks or Ghilman, became the basis of military power throughout the Islamic world. The Fatimids of Egypt bought Armenian, Turkic and Sudanese slaves, who formed the bulk of their military and often their administration"
But if you mean the Empire itself, its built by soldiers of Salahaddin Eyyubi they were muslims and like %80 arab %20 Turkish
But Im sure there are slaves from europe and became soldiers. Its very likely thing to happen. But I dont think they had the majority.
And as everyone know information about is history is not objective this source tells different, that source tells different.
However this wont help me defeat the CrusadersIs there any good soldier combination at Mamluk Sultanate which will help me defeat them without losing my all army. 40 vs 110 and we can kill only 25 of them while my soldiers being slaughtered.
In the thirteenth century, Egyptians began recruiting mainly Christians of Georgia and Circassia as slave soldiers called Mamluks. After 1235, 70 percent of Egyptian Mamluks were Circassians or Georgians in origin and the other 30% were Kipchaks.
Not that I care so much, but can I see the source on that?
