Mamur Zapt

The Mamur Zapt is the protagonist of an award-winning series of historical fiction police procedurals, written by Sudanese-born novelist Michael Pearce. The novels are set in Cairo at the turn of the twentieth century; the first in the series, The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet, was published in 1988.

Rather than being a specific person, "Mamur Zapt" was the official title of the head of the Cairo secret police; Pearce chose to fill this role with Gareth Cadwallader Owens, a Welsh army captain.

As of 2008, there are 16 novels in the Mamur Zapt series.

The books are:

• The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet
• The Mamur Zapt and the Night of the Dog
• The Mamur Zapt and the Donkey-Vous
• The Mamur Zapt and the Men Behind
• The Mamur Zapt and the Girl in the Nile
• The Mamur Zapt and the Spoils of Egypt
• The Mamur Zapt and the Camel of Destruction
• The Snake Catcher's Daughter
• The Mingrelian Conspiracy
• The Fig Tree Murder
• The Last Cut
• Death of an Effendi
• A Cold Touch of Ice
• The Face in the Cemetary
• The Point in the Market
• The Mark of the Pasha