Abd al Aziz: Thanks for correcting me, I couldnt think of the correct name of what people they might have been, and I SHOULD have known they were NOT mamelukes--my bad error. I was thinking they could have been Mongolians, but if they were, these pictured sure were poor specimins for Mongolians.
Ive been so centered on only reading about ww1 and ww2, that I have neglected all of my other favorite times to study.