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	Francisco Goya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When Pepa died in 1812 Goya was painting The Charge of the Mamelukes and The Third of May 1808, and preparing the series of prints known as The Disasters of War.
		Goya was born in Fuendetodos, in the province of Saragossa on the 30 March 1746 to Joseph Goya and Gracia Lucientes.
		Goya painted the Spanish royal family, including Charles IV of Spain and Ferdinand VII.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Francisco_Goya (1219 words)

	Goya - Biography 1961 Prado
		When his wife Pepas died in 1812 Goya was painting his most famous canvases: The Charge of the Mamelukes and The Executions of the 3 May in La Moncloa, as well as the series of The Disasters of the Wars.
		Francisco Bayeu in whose studio Goya had learned the charm of construction and the art of colour, shortly after (1774) became Goya’s brother-in-law, for Goya married Josefa his teacher’s sister, or Pepa as Goya called her affectionately.
		In 1792 Goya, after an illness, was left absolutely deaf from then on his interior world had to feed itself on light and shadow and emotions, and began to populate itself with feelings, longings, and ghosts.
	eeweems.com /goya/1961_prado_bio.html (1480 words)

	A General History of the Near East, Chapter 12
		The Mamelukes took advantage of this situation by allying themselves with the Golden Horde; not only did this keep the Ilkhans in their place, but it also kept open the trade route between Russia and Egypt, which was important because the Russian steppe was the source of the soldier-slaves on which the Egyptian regime depended.
		Furthermore, because the Janissaries were loyal to the sultan rather than to the state, they became a dangerous sort of goon squad when a poor ruler was in charge.
		The eastern half of the Ilkhan empire was divided between three emirs of Persian ancestry.
	xenohistorian.faithweb.com /neareast/ne12.html (1480 words)

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		The Mamelukes were a caste of military slaves who controlled Egypt for centuries.
		With the support of naval gunfire from American ships in the harbor and accompanied by his seven Marines, he spearheaded a bayonet charge which resulted in the capture of the fort on 27 April, 1805.
		Today, Marine officers still carry this type of sword, commemorating the Corps' service during the Tripolitian War, 1801 - 05."
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1440324/replies?c=8 (178 words)

	MEHEMET ALI - LoveToKnow Article on MEHEMET ALI
		In the troubled years that followed, Mehemet All, leader of a compact body of Albanian clansmen, was in the best, position to draw advantage from the struggle for power between the Mamelukes and the representatives of the Porte.
		In 1801 he returned to Egypt, in command of his regiment, and on the 9th of May distinguished himself by heading a bold cavalry charge at the battle of Rahmanieh.
		He took part in the battle of Aboukir (July 25, 1799), was driven into the sea with the routed Turks, and was saved from drowning by the gig of the British admiral, Sir Sidney Smith.
	77.1911encyclopedia.org /M/ME/MEHEMET_ALI.htm (2030 words)

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