List of Mamluk titles and appellations

| {{lang|ar|علامة سلطانية}}

| The mark or signature of the Sultan put on his decrees, letters and documents.

| {{lang|ar|النفير العام}}

| General emergency declared during war

| {{lang|ar|أمير}}

| Commander

| {{lang|ar|أمير آخور}}

| supervisor of the royal stable (from Persian {{lang|fa|آخور}} meaning stable)

| {{lang|ar|أمير مجلس}}

| Guard of Sultan's seat and bed

| {{lang|ar|أتابك}}

| Commander in chief (literally "father-lord," originally meaning an appointed step-father for a non-Mamluk minor prince)

| {{lang|ar|أستادار}}

| Chief of the royal servants

| {{lang|ar|بريد جوى}}

| Airmail (mail sent by carrier-pigeons, amplified by Sultan Baibars)

| {{lang|ar|بيت المال}}

| treasury

| {{lang|ar|ششمه}}

| A pool of water, or fountain (literally "eye"), from Persian {{lang|fa|چشمه}}

| {{lang|ar|دوادار}}

| Holder of Sultan's ink bottle (from Persian {{lang|fa|دوات‌دار}} meaning bearer of the ink bottle)

| {{lang|ar|فندق}}

| Hotel (some famous hotels in Cairo during the Mamluk era were Dar al-Tofah, Fondok Bilal and Fondok al-Salih)

| {{lang|ar|حاجب}}

| Doorkeeper of sultan's court

| {{lang|ar|إقطاع}}

| Revenue from land allotment

| {{lang|ar|جامكية}}

| Salary paid to a Mamluk

| {{lang|ar|جاشنكير}}

| Food taster of the sultan (to assure his food and drink was not poisoned)

| {{lang|ar|جمدار}}

| An official at the department of the Sultan's clothing (from Persian {{lang|fa|جامه‌دار}}, meaning keeper of cloths)

| {{lang|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)

| {{lang|ar|خان}}

| A store that specialized in selling a certain commodity

| {{lang|ar|خاصكية}}

| Courtiers of the sultan and most trusted royal mamluks who functioned as the Sultan's bodyguards/ A privileged group around a prominent Amir (from Persian {{lang|fa|خاصگیان}}, meaning close associates)

| {{lang|ar|خاصتاخانة}}

| Hospital (from Ottoman Turkish {{lang|ota|خسته‌خانه}}, from Persian)

| {{lang|ar|خند}}

| Wife of the sultan

| {{lang|ar|خشداشية}}

| Mamluks belonging to the same Amir or Sultan.

| {{lang|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.

| {{lang|ar|مماليك كتابية}}

| Mamluks still attending training classes and who still live at the Tebaq (campus)

| {{lang|ar|مماليك سلطانية}}

| Mamluks of the sultan;to distinguish from the Mamluks of the Amirs (princes)

| {{lang|ar|مدورة السلطان}}

| Sultan's tent which he used during travel.

| {{lang|ar|محتسب}}

| Controller of markets, public works and local affairs.

| {{lang|ar|مرقدار}}

| Works in the Royal Kitchen (from Persian {{lang|fa|مرغ‌دار}} meaning one responsible for the fowl)

| {{lang|ar|مشرف}}

| Supervisor of the Royal Kitchen

| {{lang|ar|نائب السلطان}}

| Vice-sultan

| {{lang|ar|قاعة الإنشاء}}

| Chancery hall

| {{lang|ar|قاضى القضاة}}

| Chief justice

| {{lang|ar|قلعة الجبل}}

| Citadel of the Mountain (the abode and court of the sultan in Cairo)

| {{lang|ar|قرانصة}}

| Mamluks who moved to the service of a new Sultan or from the service of an Amir to a sultan.

| {{lang|ar|قصاد}}

| Secret couriers and agents who kept the sultan informed

| {{lang|ar|أستاذ}}

| Benefactor of Mamluks (the Sultan or the Emir) (from Persian استاد)

| {{lang|ar|رنك}}

| An emblem that distinguished the rank and position of a Mamluk (probably from Persian {{lang|fa|رنگ}} meaning color)

| {{lang|ar|سنجاقى}}

| A standard-bearer of the Sultan.

| {{lang|ar|شرابخانة}}

| Storehouse for drinks, medicines and glass-wares of the sultan. (from Persian {{lang|fa|شراب‌خانه}} meaning wine cellar)

| {{lang|ar|سلحدار}}

| Arm-Bearer (from Arabic {{lang|ar|سلاح}} + Persian {{lang|fa|دار}}, meaning arm-bearer)

| {{lang|ar|طبلخانه}}

| The amir responsible for the Mamluk military band, from Persian {{lang|fa|طبل‌خانه}}

| {{lang|ar|تشريف}}

| Head-covering worn by a Mamluk during the ceremony of inauguration to the position of Amir.

| {{lang|ar|طواشى}}

| A Eunuch responsible for serving the wives of the sultan and supervising new Mamluks. Mamluk writers seem not to have consulted the eunuchs themselves about "their origins.{{Cite book|last1=Marmon|first1=Shaun Elizabeth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHbmCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA32|title=Eunuchs and Sacred Boundaries in Islamic Society|last2=Marmon|first2=Assistant Professor of Religion Shaun|date=1995|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-507101-6|pages=32|language=en}}

| {{lang|ar|طباق}}

| Campus of the Mamluks at the citadel of the mountain

| {{lang|ar|طشتخانة}}

|Storehouse used for the laundry of the sultan (from Persian {{lang|fa|تشت‌خانه}}, meaning tub room)

| {{lang|ar|والى}}

| viceroy

| {{lang|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.)