The Mameluke; Or, Slave Dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, A. D
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To remedy this abuse, the memlukes were given the choice of either remaining in the service of the Emir who owned them, or enlisting in the regular army. 2 Attributed by some to poison at his father's instigation ; but by others this is denied. 134 THE CIRCASSIAN DYNASTY A.D. 1420. ingly sent to oppose liim ; but just then he was recalled to the east by the rebellion of his sons, and he died shortly after. The good tidings, how- ever, little moved the Sultan, for he had been for some time sick ...; and now on the eve of death, 1421. he nominated Ahmed, a son seventeen months of Jan. age, as Successor, with Altunbogha, his son-in-law still with the Syrian army, as Regent. For fear of disturbances, the last obsequies were carried on in the most abject form. The possessor of millions had for a winding-sheet but the turban of a slave- girl. He died at the age of fifty -five, having reigned eight years and a half. The verdict varies much as to his character. Macrizy is severe ; Abul Mahasin milder.
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