Devonshire, R. L., Mrs., b. 1864 · Cairo : The Sphinx Printing Press · leaf 108
ade.Twin minarets of (he mosque of El Moyyad. course of the civil wars and revolts which preceded his accession to thethrone, he was for some time confined in a prison for criminals which stoodon this site, and he made a vow, if Allah delivered him. to build a beautiful RAMBLES IN CAIRO 71 mosque… … 5J •c- oo gO In K o 313 o 2 mosque of Sultan Hassan, which were sold to him for 500 gold dinars.He also seems to have felt no compunction in using pillars from Christian 72 RAMBLES IN CAIRO Chinches ; one of the columns in his mosque actually shows an unmistakeablecross on its capital. ■==
