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Date 1855
date QS:P571,+1855-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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British Library HMNTS 10055.f.18.
Notes The Ghawazee (also ghawazi) of Egypt were female traveling dancers of the Nawari people, a subgroup of the Dom people, sometimes referred to as "Gypsies".
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Image extracted from page 077 of Shadows of the East; or, slight sketches of scenery, persons and customs, from observations during a tour in 1853 and 1854, in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, and Greece …, by TOBIN, Catherine - Lady. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Copied from Flickr.

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