Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 175
the like,made their appearance in Cairo about the end of the first quarterof the thirteenth century, so far as existing specimens allowus to judge. The style was brought from Mesopotamia bythe princes of the family of Ayyub, of which Saladin was the mostcelebrated member. The Ayyubis passed through… … KIG. jC.— LATTICE-WORK.(South Kensington Museum.) Nur-ed-dm, of Aleppo and Damascus, who came of the stock ofthe Beny Zenky of Mosil. The Beny Zenky had been amongthe earliest to adopt the novelty of a figured coinage: theyadorned their money with the saints and holy personages of theByzantine…
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