Well thank you, I think. I really wanted to be a thread derailer, it gives Martok something to do .

So if I got it right, off the top of my head (and a peek at the Monastary thread ) a couple of would be mercenary units would be:

Bedouin Camel Warrior: These units would have been made up of Bedouin tribes that really had a leadership strata outside the 'Egyptian' leadership. They would have considered themselves a separate entity that may or may not have been allied to the Egyptians.

Nubian Spearmen: Wasn't there a country named Nubia at one point that was South of Egypt. They must be considered a separate entity or they would be called 'Egyptian' Spearmen or some deritivation there of.

Nizaris: Someone mentioned that was a general term for various tribes, but then tribes have there own leadership, so wouldn't considered themselves 'Egyptians' and their pay would be 'mercenary' as well.

Some of the ones that wouldn't be Mercenary units are:

Any generalized non-specific unit, such as Naptha Thrower.

Any Ghulam or Mamluk unit since these guys were either part of the Egyptian ruling class or slaves thereof, depending on Era and whatnot.

Course I don't have a roster list in front of me so I might have overlooked a few. In any event, if we use Mercenary by the definition of Foreign troops who recieved pay for soldiery, then did I hit the above partial list right? Or have I made a mess of things?