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Painting of a turbaned ruler seated with a lion as soldiers fight and smoke rises before a fortified citadel.

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Massacre of the Mamluks at the Cairo citadel, Horace Vernet (1811), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A turbaned ruler in a gold-trimmed robe and red trousers sits on an ornate carpet beside a resting lion, with armed attendants standing beneath a canopy at left. At right, soldiers fire and fight beneath billowing smoke near a pale fortified citadel, while bodies lie scattered on the ground. This print by Horace Vernet, dated 1811, is held by Wikimedia Commons.

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