[3] In Anatolia and the Balkans the sabre developed characteristics that eventually produced the Ottoman kilij.

Although some genuine Ottoman sabres were used by Westerners, most "mameluke sabres" were manufactured in Europe or America; their hilts were very similar in form to the Ottoman prototype, but their blades tended to be longer, narrower and less curved than those of the true kilij, while being wider and also less curved than the Persian shamshir.

Since that time, Mameluke swords have been worn by Marine officers in a continuing tradition to the present day.

Though broadly similar in form, each regiment's swords had individual variations in the decoration of both blade and hilt.

The Mameluke is still used today by the Australian Army, carried by the rank of Major General or above on ceremonial occasions.