Note (14) — 36.—The countries in which I have been, that belong to Tartary.
J. Buchan (John Buchan) Telfer translation
(14.) “no person can be made king-sultan unless he has been sold.”—The Mamelouk militia, formed, as the name indicates, of old slaves, arrogated to themselves the right of elevating to the throne one of their own number, upon the death of the sultan. See De Lannoy (83).—Bruun.