Jean Sébah was a photographer active in Egypt, Turkey, and the Levant during the last quarter of the nineteenth and first quarter of the twentieth centuries. In 1888, he inherited a photography business begun by his father, Pascal Sébah, and partnered with Policarpe Joaillier to form the studio known as Sébah and Joaillier.
Transcripton of information written on photograph: "Cairo,/ Tombs of the Mamelukes./ View of domes, minarets, etc.; 21413 / 161 C136 404"; FRONT: "224 Tomb: des Mamelouks J.P. Sebah"