Uniform of the Mamelukes of the Imperial Guard, 1799-1815. Cavalry unit in Napoleon's army made up of Mameluk slaves and othes. In red cahouk and turban, shirt and vest, with red saroual trousers, armed with pistols and scimitar sword. Mameluck, Garde Imperiale. Handcoloured woodcut after an illustration by Hippolyte Bellangé from Laurent de l’Ardeche’s Histoire de Napoleon, Paris, 1840.

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