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Page 108
... Mamelukes , I asked the two German Mamelukes why all these youths were going to the palace with sacks and boxes . They replied and said : ' Our Lord the Sultan has at present 15,000 Mamelukes who are renegade Christians , of whom 1,000 ...
... Mamelukes , I asked the two German Mamelukes why all these youths were going to the palace with sacks and boxes . They replied and said : ' Our Lord the Sultan has at present 15,000 Mamelukes who are renegade Christians , of whom 1,000 ...
Page 121
... Mamelukes , rule the Sultan's country . One knows a Mameluke by his appearance , which is as follows . He has a white , close - fitting linen dress reaching to the feet . He goes barefoot on two high wooden shoes , on account of the hot ...
... Mamelukes , rule the Sultan's country . One knows a Mameluke by his appearance , which is as follows . He has a white , close - fitting linen dress reaching to the feet . He goes barefoot on two high wooden shoes , on account of the hot ...
Page 122
... Mamelukes go in openly to a heathen's wife , who can make no com- plaint.1 These Mamelukes have also very stately stallions or horses which have always to lie in the hot sand without straw or hay . Item when a Mameluke dies , the Sultan ...
... Mamelukes go in openly to a heathen's wife , who can make no com- plaint.1 These Mamelukes have also very stately stallions or horses which have always to lie in the hot sand without straw or hay . Item when a Mameluke dies , the Sultan ...
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