Mamluk (Mameluke) of the Ottoman Imperial Guard, c1820. Artist: Unknown

Mamluk (Mameluke) of the Ottoman Imperial Guard, c1820. Artist: Unknown

1-153-393 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Mamluk (Mameluke) of the Ottoman Imperial Guard, c1820. When Napoleon invaded Egypt it was the Mamluks who fought him. They lost power in a massacre of 1811 instigated by Muhammad Ali Pasha (1769-1849), Governor of Egypt.

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