Mameluke Faris

==In game==
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Mameluke heavy cavalry unit that replaces Cuirassier.
*Strong versus light and medium units, especially archaic melee units.
*Weak versus heavy cavalry.	
Mameluke heavy cavalry unit that replaces Cuirassier.
*Strong versus light and medium units, especially archaic melee units.
*Weak versus heavy cavalry.	
Mameluke heavy cavalry unit that replaces Cuirassier.
*Strong versus light and medium units, especially archaic melee units.
*Weak versus heavy cavalry.	
Mameluke heavy cavalry unit that replaces Cuirassier.
*Strong versus light and medium units, especially archaic melee units.
*Weak versus heavy cavalry.	
Mameluke heavy cavalry unit that replaces Cuirassier.
*Strong versus light and medium units, especially archaic melee units.
*Weak versus heavy cavalry.	
Mameluke heavy cavalry unit that replaces Cuirassier.
*Strong versus light and medium units, especially archaic melee units.
*Weak versus heavy cavalry.	
Mameluke heavy cavalry unit that replaces Cuirassier.
*Strong versus light and medium units, especially archaic melee units.
*Weak versus heavy cavalry.	
Mameluke heavy cavalry unit that replaces Cuirassier.
*Strong versus light and medium units, especially archaic melee units.
*Weak versus heavy cavalry.
Prereq: 	Build time 	HP 	LOS 	Attack 	Attack speed 	Movementspeed 	 	
 [3] 	16.3s(245t) 	135 	10 	17 	2s(30t) 	38 	 	
Cost 	Cost 	Cost 	Created from 	Armour 	Weapon range 	Specialty 	 	
Base 	Ramp 	Pop 	Created from 	Armour 	Weapon range 	Specialty 	 	
: 60: 60 	
: 1: 1 	1 	 	3 	Melee 	
*Bonus damage versus rabble units.
*Damage penalty versus heavy cavalry.
*Has better LOS, can detect hidden units.	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Overall strategy===
They may be called "slaves", but do not be fooled: Mamelukes are anything but slaves in their societies. In fact, they are far closer to the level of a yeoman or a knight in any Christian country, and are usually landowners wealthy enough to ride and equip warhorses, and thus serve as a "main line" cavalry for Egyptian armies.
As garrison-cum-riot control units, Mameluke Fursan are highly useful especially if petted against levied or militia units, ranging from base Swordsmen and Levy Archers all the way to more advanced units such as the Danube Legion and Provincial Fensibles. Against other heavy cavalry units or dedicated anti-cavalry infantry, however, they aren't so useful, although in sufficient numbers they can be used to defend against non-heavy cavalry rushes by any faction. Equally, their different structure also can be crippling in the early game when you are struggling to tech up quickly to increase your resource and pop cap, so any decision to train them en masse shouldn't be taken lightly. 
==History==
Mamelukes were slaves of Islamic leaders that were trained as cavalry soldiers. Originally meant to furnish a politically neutral body of troops for Muslim potentates in the Middle Ages, they had risen to become a socioeconomic and military elite resembling the institution of knighthood in by the Early Modern Era. 
A foreigner, isolated from the blood feuds and scheming that dominated politics in early modern Islamic society, made a better choice compared with natives for the Sultan's own attendants, as his own safety depended on his loyalty to his master, but such power came with a price: the Mamelukes would eventually form clans that carved out fiefdoms for themselves throughout the Caliph's lands and beyond, forming what are now known as the "mamluk" dynasties. 
Of these, the most famous clan would be the Mamluk sultanate, which dominated Egypt and the Red Sea for well over two centuries, before being subsumed into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, as well as the Bahrids who were responsible for forcing out western rule from the Levant in the 14th century, ensuring the Islamic domination of the Middle East for at least 4 centuries.
Category:Heavy cavalry