Mamluk Tomb Small 320×315 Medium 640×631 Large 1024×1009 Download Tiff Original 2400×2366 | (3.4 MB) Description Tombs of the Mamluks at Cairo. The Mamluks were slave soldiers who served the Muslim caliphs and the Ottoman Empire. Over time they became a powerful military caste, and on more than one occasion they seized power for themselves. Keywords Mamelukes, Mameluks, Mamlouks, Mamluk, Mamlukes, Mamluks, Memlooks Galleries Egypt Source: W. H. De Puy The People's Cyclopedia (New York: Phillips & Hunt: 1881) 1103 Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman
