| English | Arabic | Notes |
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| Alama Sultaniya | ar|علامة سلطانية}} | The mark or signature of the Sultan put on his decrees, letters and documents. |
| Al-Nafir al-Am | ar|النفير العام}} | General emergency declared during war |
| Amir | ar|أمير}} | Prince |
| Amir Akhur | ar|أمير آخور}} | fa|آخور}} meaning stable) |
| Amir Majlis | ar|أمير مجلس}} | Guard of Sultan's seat and bed |
| Atabek | ar|أتابك}} | Commander in chief (literally "father-lord," originally meaning an appointed step-father for a non-Mamluk minor prince) |
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| Astadar | ar|أستادار}} | Chief of the royal servants |
| Barid Jawi | ar|بريد جوى}} | Airmail (mail sent by carrier-pigeons, amplified by Sultan Baibars) |
| Bayt al-Mal | ar|بيت المال}} | treasury |
| Cheshmeh | ar|ششمه}} | fa|چشمه}} |
| Dawadar | ar|دوادار}} | fa|دواتدار}} meaning bearer of the ink bottle) |
| Fondok | ar|فندق}} | Hotel (some famous hotels in Cairo during the Mamluk era were Dar al-Tofah, Fondok Bilal and Fondok al-Salih) |
| Hajib | ar|حاجب}} | Doorkeeper of sultan's court |
| Iqta | ar|إقطاع}} | Revenue from land allotment |
| Jamkiya | ar|جامكية}} | Salary paid to a Mamluk |
| Jashnakir | ar|جاشنكير}} | Food taster of the sultan (to assure his beer was not poisoned) |
| Jomdar | ar|جمدار}} | fa|جامهدار}}, meaning keeper of cloths) |
| Kafel al-mamalek al-sharifah al-islamiya al-amir al-amri | ar|كافل الممالك الشريفة الاسلامية الأمير الأمرى}} | Title of the Vice-sultan (Guardian of the Prince of Command [lit. Commander-in-command] of the Dignified Islamic Kingdoms) |
| Khan | ar|خان}} | A store that specialized in selling a certain commodity |
| Khaskiya | ar|خاصكية}} | fa|خاصگیان}}, meaning close associates) |
| Khastakhaneh | ar|خاصتاخانة}} | ota|خستهخانه}}, from Persian) |
| Khond | ar|خند}} | Wife of the sultan |
| Khushdashiya | ar|خشداشية}} | Mamluks belonging to the same Amir or Sultan. |
| Mahkamat al-Mazalim | ar|محكمة المظالم}} | Court of complaint. A court that heard cases of complaints of people against state officials. This court was headed by the sultan himself. |
| Mamalik Kitabeya | ar|مماليك كتابية}} | Mamluks still attending training classes and who still live at the Tebaq (campus) |
| Mamalik Sultaneya | ar|مماليك سلطانية}} | Mamluks of the sultan;to distinguish from the Mamluks of the Amirs (princes) |
| Modwarat al-Sultan | ar|مدورة السلطان}} | Sultan's tent which he used during travel. |
| Mohtaseb | ar|محتسب}} | Controller of markets, public works and local affairs. |
| Morqadar | ar|مرقدار}} | fa|مرغدار}} meaning one responsible for the fowl) |
| Mushrif | ar|مشرف}} | Supervisor of the Royal Kitchen |
| Na'ib Al-Sultan | ar|نائب السلطان}} | Vice-sultan |
| Qa'at al-insha'a | ar|قاعة الإنشاء}} | Chancery hall |
| Qadi al-Qoda | ar|قاضى القضاة}} | Chief justice |
| Qalat al-Jabal | ar|قلعة الجبل}} | Citadel of the Mountain (the abode and court of the sultan in Cairo) |
| Qaranisa | ar|قرانصة}} | Mamluks who moved to the service of a new Sultan or from the service of an Amir to a sultan. |
| Qussad | ar|قصاد}} | Secret couriers and agents who kept the sultan informed |
| Ostaz | ar|أستاذ}} | Benefactor of Mamluks (the Sultan or the Emir) (from Persian استاد) |
| Rank | ar|رنك}} | fa|رنگ}} meaning color) |
| Sanjaqi | ar|سنجاقى}} | A standard-bearer of the Sultan. |
| Sharabkhana | ar|شرابخانة}} | fa|شرابخانه}} meaning wine cellar) |
| Silihdar | ar|سلحدار}} | ar|سلاح}} + Persian {{lang|fa|دار}}, meaning arm-bearer) |
| Tabalkhana | ar|طبلخانه}} | fa|طبلخانه}} |
| Tashrif | ar|تشريف}} | Head-covering worn by a Mamluk during the ceremony of inauguration to the position of Amir. |
| Tawashi | ar|طواشى}} | A Eunuch responsible for serving the wives of the sultan and supervising new Mamluks. |
| Tebaq | ar|طباق}} | Campus of the Mamluks at the citadel of the mountain |
| Tishtkhana | ar|طشتخانة}} | fa|تشتخانه}}, meaning tub room) |
| Wali | ar|والى}} | viceroy |
| Yuq | ar|يوق}} | A large linen closet used in every mamluk home, which stored pillows and sheets. (Related to the present Crimean Tatar word Yuqa, "to sleep". In modern Turkish: Yüklük.) |