The Tombs of the Mameluks, Cairo, Egypt Size:L: 80 x 60cm A letter regarding his annotations

A letter regarding his annotations on the bible

The original home of the British Museum

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'Bribery and Corruption'

'William I granting a charter to the City of London'

The Tombs of the Mameluks, Cairo, Egypt Size:L: 80 x 60cm A letter regarding his annotationsThe Tombs of the Mameluks, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. A mamaluk (or mamluk) was a slave soldier who converted to Islam and served the Muslim caliphs and the Ayyubid sultans during the Middle Ages. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo).