This photo dates to around 1900 and shows the Tombs of the Mamluks in Cairo. The Mamluks were slave soldiers and served the Muslim caliphs and the Ottoman Empire. As the decades passed they became a powerful caste, on accasion, seizing power for themselves. The Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt began in 1250 and ended in 1517 when the Ottomans took control of Egypt. Toward the end of the 14th century, the Mamluk rulers began looking for a new necropolis for themselves and established a cemetery in northern Cairo, the area known as Qarafa. The area is also known as the City of the Dead and the Cairo Ne

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This photo dates to around 1900 and shows the Tombs of the Mamluks in Cairo. The Mamluks were slave soldiers and served the Muslim caliphs and the Ottoman Empire. As the decades passed they became a powerful caste, on accasion, seizing power for themselves. The Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt began in 1250 and ended in 1517 when the Ottomans took control of Egypt. Toward the end of the 14th century, the Mamluk rulers began looking for a new necropolis for themselves and established a cemetery in northern Cairo, the area known as Qarafa. The area is also known as the City of the Dead and the Cairo Necropolis.

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Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
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