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

'Exaltation of Faro's daughters'

In the foreground a street seller

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Napoleon embarked on a disastrous invasion of Russia and defeat at Leipzig in 1813 led to his abdication and exile to Elba

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).