The Tombs of the Mameluks, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Artist: Unknown

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The Tombs of the Mameluks, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. A mamaluk (or mamluk) was a slave soldier who converted to Islam and served the Muslim caliphs and the Ayyubid sultans during the Middle Ages. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo).

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Size: 4918px × 3552px
Location: World,Africa,Egypt,Cairo,Cairo,World,Africa,Egypt
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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