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Wikipedia's Basic Mameluke Page

Nice basic overview of the Mamlukes in history with many good links and a few images

Mameluco: South American Definition

Catholic site describing another different definition of Mameluke:
The general term applied in South America to designate the mixed European-Indian race, and more specifically applied in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the organized bands of Portuguese slave-hunters who desolated the vast interior of South America from the Atlantic to the slopes of the Andes, and from the Paraguay to the Orinoco

The Mother of all Mamluke History Sites

Mamluk Studies at the University of Chicago - Enormous Bibliographies & Collections - go crazy!

Mamlukes in Islamic Architecture

Nice site with a brief description of the Mamelukes, their architectural heritage and a few book links on general Islamic history

Art of the Mamlukes

Saudi Aramco's Review of a Mamluke Exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
"Art of the Mamluks"
Written by Elizabeth G. Simpson and Steve Earley

Also includes 'Dynasty of Warriors'
Written by Paul Lunde

This article appeared on pages 2-9 of the November/December 1981 print edition of Saudi Aramco World

Tripoli: Lebanon's Mamluk Monument

'Tripoli: Lebanon's Mamluk Monument'
Written and photographed by Dick Doughty

Saudi Aramco

also includes:
'Muqarnas: The Rhythm of the Honey Comb'
Written by Jonathan M. Bloom
&
'A 14th Century Trust'
Written by Dick Doughty

This article appeared on pages 2-15 of the May/June 2000 print edition of Saudi Aramco World.

Art of the Mamelukes

A beautiful site with some nice photography illustrating Mameluke art

from the Islamicity site
'Art Of The Mamluks', by Dr. Esin Atil, published by the Smithsonian Press. 1981

Mamluke History for Kids

Kikipede site about Mamluke history aimed at Children

Mamluke Studies Review

Mamluk Studies Review - Scholarly Publication from the Middle East Documentation Center at the University of Chicago

Mamlukes in Jerusalem

The Mameluke Period (1250-1517 CE) in Jerusalem documented with some brief text and a few images of architecture & clothings styles

The U.S. Marine Corps Sword

The U.S. Marine Corps apparently uses a Mameluke Sword - who knew?
Apparently the oldest weapon in the U.S. military arsenal still in use.

Reproduced from the November 1954 issue of the MARINE CORPS GAZETTE

The Columbia Encyclopedia

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Brief history of the Mamelukes

Baybars al-Bunduqdari

'Baybars al-Bunduqdari, The First Great Slave Rule' by Ismail Abaza

Brief article on Baybars

Historyworld's Mamluke Info

Historyworld.net's Mamluke Info
nice short overview of the Mamelukes

Napoleanic Mameluke

a late 1807 costume of a Napoleanic Mameluke