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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 519 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAMELUKE (anglicized through the See also:French, from the Arabic mantluk, a slave)  , the name given to a See also:series of See also:Egyptian sultans, originating (1250) in the usurpation of supreme See also:power by the bodyguard of See also:Turkish slaves first formed in See also:Egypt under the successors of See also:Saladin . See EGYPT: See also:History (Moslem See also:period) .

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