Mamluks

(noun)

A powerful military caste in various Muslim societies, particularly in Egypt but also in the Levant, Iraq, and India; mamluks held political and military power.

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Examples of Mamluks in the following topics:

  • Luxury Arts

    • Islamic luxury arts of the later Middle Ages were particularly distinguished in the Mughal Empire (India) and in Egypt under the Mamluks.
    • Sixteenth century Egypt, under the Mamluks patronage of luxury arts, favored primarily enameled glass and metalwork and is remembered as the golden age of medieval Egypt.

  • Islamic Architecture

    • Ottoman mosques and other architecture first emerged in the cities of Bursa and Edirne in the 14th and 15th centuries, developing from earlier Seljuk Turk architecture, with additional influences from Byzantine, Persian, and Islamic Mamluk traditions.

  • Architecture under the Sultanate of Delhi

  • Ottoman Empire

    • Ottoman mosques and other architecture first emerged in the cities of Bursa and Edirne in the 14th and 15th centuries, developing from earlier Seljuk Turk architecture, with additional influences from Byzantine, Persian, and Islamic Mamluk traditions.