 The sons of mamluks, known as the "awlad al-nas", did not typically hold positions in the military elite and instead, were often part of the civilian administration or the Muslim religious establishment.Among the Bahri sultans and emirs, there existed a degree of pride of their Kipchak Turkish roots, and their non-Kipchak usurpers such as sultans Kitbuqa, Baybars II and Lajin were often de-legitimized in the Bahri-era sources for their non-Kipchak origins.The Mamluk elites of the Burji period were also apparently proud of their Circassian origins.