Devonshire, R. L., Mrs., b. 1864 · Cairo : The Sphinx Printing Press · leaf 105
and was occasionally trimmed with human heads ofdefeated enemies or with the hanging corpses of malefactors or politicalvictims. The story of the last Mameluke Sultan is rather a pathetic one. 68 RAMBLES IN CAIRO His name was Tumanbay, and he succeeded his uncle, Sultan Qansu elGhury, when the… … Pliut. Wade. Bab ez Zuweyleh. save to historians and Orientalists. Now it seems strangely familiar toread of battles between Turks and Egyptians, in places mentioned in ourown newspapers. The victory of the Turks was due to their use of heavy RAMBLES IN CAIRO 69 artillery, at that time quite a…
