A Mamluk of Cairo, Egypt
A Mamluk of Cairo, Egypt. A Mamluk was a soldier who converted to Islam and served the Muslim Arab caliphs from the 9th to the 16th centuries. They were of mixed ancestry but mainly Kipchak TurksA book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century
Picture No
10415858
Media ID
46534082
Size
3343px x 5047px
(4.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Hand-coloured engravings from A Geographical Present' by Mary Anne Venning, 2nd edition
Date
1818
