The Mameluke in Egypt

The mamelukes seized egypt way back in 12 50, setting up whatis called the mameluke sultanate. The thing to keep in mind here is that the mamelukes are foreigners. They are purchased into service from places like the caucases or the balkans and they are not native e Egyptians. So when the french landed in july 17 98, bonaparte circulated a proclamation to the native eEgyptians that said the french were here to rid them of the tyrant mamelukes. And then that's what he set out to do.