'Mamelukes Exercising in the Square of Mourad Bey's Palace', Cairo, Egypt, 1802. The Mamluks (Mamelukes) were a powerful Islamic soldier caste. Murad Bey (1750-1801), who was co-ruler of Egypt, was a Mamluk. Plate 35 from Views in Egypt by Luigi Mayer.
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