Mameluke
Mameluke , noun
[French mamelouk, compare Sp. mameluco, Italian mammalucco; all from Arabic mamlūk a purchased slave or captive; lit., possessed or in one's power, past participle of malaka to possesses.]
One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Muslimism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.