The Mamluk dynasty of Iraq was a dynasty of Georgian Mamluk origin which ruled over Iraq in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
A Mamluk cavalryman, as drawn by Carle Vernet in 1810.
Mamluk or mamaluk or mameluke were non-Arab, ethnically diverse enslaved mercenaries, slave-soldiers, and freed slaves who were assigned high-ranking military and administrative duties in the Muslim w
Mamluk dynasty of Iraq
…The Mamluk dynasty of Iraq (Arabic: مماليك العراق, romanized: Mamālīk al-ʻIrāq) was a dynasty of Georgian Mamluk origin which ruled over Iraq in the 18th and early 19th centuries. In the Ottoman Empire, Mamluks were freedmen who converted to Islam, were trained…
Ottoman Mamluk lancers, early 16th century. Etching by Daniel Hopfer (c. 1526–1536), British Museum, London
Mail and plate armour with full horse armor of an Ottoman Mamluk horseman (circa 1550), Musée de l'Armée, Paris
A Muslim Greek Mamluk portrayed by Louis Dupré (oil on canvas, 1825)
A Mamluk nobleman from Aleppo (Ottoman Syria, 19th century)