Complex sentence: Meliqueaz was a mamluk of Russian christian origin, who had been imprisoned and converted muslim, he then was taken to India where he distinguished at the service of the Sultan Mahmud Begada of Gujarat ("Malik" being the equivalent of Lord).
Split into simpler sentences: Meliqueaz was a mamluk of Russian Christian origin, who had been imprisoned and converted Muslim. Taken to India he distinguished at the service of the Sultan Mahmud Begada of Gujarat ("Malik" being the equivalent of Lord).