There is another website I have found which contains a lot of scholarly articles about Egypt and other middle eastern countries from the views of travellers in the past, mostly Victorian era, A big site, but once you have found say Egypt for example then social, clicking on that reveals loads, photographs etchings and bits of writing. There are other references to dancers.
Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) Home
I have always liked reading travellers tales from the past, they are so descriptive and I often follow the progress using a map.
Like I mentioned in the original post, I was researching the Mamluk, as costuming for that will come, fortunately it being partly military, it is well documented say from the fifteen century in various forms of art, Mamluk art being wonderful.
No problemsto changing titles btw.