English | Arabic | Notes | |
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Alama Sultaniya | Arabic: علامة سلطانية | The mark or signature of the Sultan put on his decrees, letters and documents. | |
Al-Nafir al-Am | Arabic: النفير العام | General emergency declared during war | |
Amir | Arabic: أمير | Commander | |
Amir Akhur | Arabic: أمير آخور | supervisor of the royal stable (from Persian Persian: آخور meaning stable) | |
Amir Majlis | Arabic: أمير مجلس | Guard of Sultan's seat and bed | |
Atabek | Arabic: أتابك | Commander in chief (literally "father-lord," originally meaning an appointed step-father for a non-Mamluk minor prince) | |
Astadar | Arabic: أستادار | Chief of the royal servants | |
Barid Jawi | Arabic: بريد جوى | Airmail (mail sent by carrier-pigeons, amplified by Sultan Baibars) | |
Bayt al-Mal | Arabic: بيت المال | treasury | |
Cheshmeh | Arabic: ششمه | A pool of water, or fountain (literally "eye"), from Persian Persian: [[wikt:چشمه|چشمه]] | |
Dawadar | Arabic: دوادار | Holder of Sultan's ink bottle (from Persian Persian: دواتدار meaning bearer of the ink bottle) | |
Fondok | Arabic: فندق | Hotel (some famous hotels in Cairo during the Mamluk era were Dar al-Tofah, Fondok Bilal and Fondok al-Salih) | |
Hajib | Arabic: حاجب | Doorkeeper of sultan's court | |
Iqta | Arabic: إقطاع | Revenue from land allotment | |
Jamkiya | Arabic: جامكية | Salary paid to a Mamluk | |
Jashnakir | Arabic: جاشنكير | Food taster of the sultan (to assure his food and drink was not poisoned) | |
Jomdar | Arabic: جمدار | An official at the department of the Sultan's clothing (from Persian Persian: جامهدار, meaning keeper of cloths) | |
Kafel al-mamalek al-sharifah al-islamiya al-amir al-amri | Arabic: كافل الممالك الشريفة الاسلامية الأمير الأمرى | Title of the Vice-sultan (Guardian of the Prince of Command [lit. Commander-in-command] of the Dignified Islamic Kingdoms) | |
Khan | Arabic: خان | A store that specialized in selling a certain commodity | |
Khaskiya | Arabic: خاصكية | Courtiers of the sultan and most trusted royal mamluks who functioned as the Sultan's bodyguards/ A privileged group around a prominent Amir (from Persian Persian: خاصگیان, meaning close associates) | |
Khastakhaneh | Arabic: خاصتاخانة | Hospital (from Ottoman Turkish Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: [[wikt:خستهخانه|خستهخانه]], from Persian) | |
Khond | Arabic: خند | Wife of the sultan | |
Khushdashiya | Arabic: خشداشية | Mamluks belonging to the same Amir or Sultan. | |
Mahkamat al-Mazalim | Arabic: محكمة المظالم | Court of complaint. A court that heard cases of complaints of people against state officials. This court was headed by the sultan himself. | |
Mamalik Kitabeya | Arabic: مماليك كتابية | Mamluks still attending training classes and who still live at the Tebaq (campus) | |
Mamalik Sultaneya | Arabic: مماليك سلطانية | Mamluks of the sultan;to distinguish from the Mamluks of the Amirs (princes) | |
Modwarat al-Sultan | Arabic: مدورة السلطان | Sultan's tent which he used during travel. | |
Mohtaseb | Arabic: محتسب | Controller of markets, public works and local affairs. | |
Morqadar | Arabic: مرقدار | Works in the Royal Kitchen (from Persian Persian: مرغدار meaning one responsible for the fowl) | |
Mushrif | Arabic: مشرف | Supervisor of the Royal Kitchen | |
Na'ib Al-Sultan | Arabic: نائب السلطان | Vice-sultan | |
Qa'at al-insha'a | Arabic: قاعة الإنشاء | Chancery hall | |
Qadi al-Qoda | Arabic: قاضى القضاة | Chief justice | |
Qalat al-Jabal | Arabic: قلعة الجبل | Citadel of the Mountain (the abode and court of the sultan in Cairo) | |
Qaranisa | Arabic: قرانصة | Mamluks who moved to the service of a new Sultan or from the service of an Amir to a sultan. | |
Qussad | Arabic: قصاد | Secret couriers and agents who kept the sultan informed | |
Ostaz | Arabic: أستاذ | Benefactor of Mamluks (the Sultan or the Emir) (from Persian استاد) | |
Rank | Arabic: رنك | An emblem that distinguished the rank and position of a Mamluk (probably from Persian Persian: [[wikt:رنگ|رنگ]] meaning color) | |
Sanjaqi | Arabic: سنجاقى | A standard-bearer of the Sultan. | |
Sharabkhana | Arabic: شرابخانة | Storehouse for drinks, medicines and glass-wares of the sultan. (from Persian Persian: شرابخانه meaning wine cellar) | |
Silihdar | Arabic: سلحدار | Arm-Bearer (from Arabic Arabic: سلاح + Persian Persian: دار, meaning arm-bearer) | |
Tabalkhana | Arabic: طبلخانه | The amir responsible for the Mamluk military band, from Persian Persian: طبلخانه | |
Tashrif | Arabic: تشريف | Head-covering worn by a Mamluk during the ceremony of inauguration to the position of Amir. | |
Tawashi | Arabic: طواشى | A Eunuch responsible for serving the wives of the sultan and supervising new Mamluks. Mamluk writers seem not to have consulted the eunuchs themselves about "their origins.[1] | |
Tebaq | Arabic: طباق | Campus of the Mamluks at the citadel of the mountain | |
Tishtkhana | Arabic: طشتخانة | Storehouse used for the laundry of the sultan (from Persian Persian: تشتخانه, meaning tub room) | |
Wali | Arabic: والى | viceroy | |
Yuq | Arabic: يوق | A large linen closet used in every mamluk home, which stored pillows and sheets. (Related to the present Crimean Tatar word Yuqa, "to sleep". In modern Turkish: Yüklük.) |