Mamluks in the Ottoman Empire were slave-soldiers who governed localities within the Ottoman Empire, particularly in Egypt and Iraq.
Following the Ottoman conquest of the Mamluk Sultanate, the Ottomans retained mamluks in positions of power as tax collectors, military leaders, and governors, especially under the system employed in Egypt.
The Mamluk system in Ottoman Egypt was transformed such that sons of mamluks were completely allowed to serve in elite military and government positions, which introduced feuds between various Mamluk houses into local governance. The history of the Mamluks in Egypt faced "an apocalyptic end" in 1811.
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