Devonshire, R. L., Mrs., b. 1864 · Cairo : The Sphinx Printing Press · leaf 124
l and industrial capital for five centuries, was deliberately burntdown under the last Fatimite Khalife in Ii68, when it was feared thatthe invading crusaders might take it by storm. For centuries the heaped-up refuse of Cairo buried it, growing into mountains over what had beenspared by the fire,… … Pilot. Chattel ton.Ruins of Fostat.Oil press showing the groove in which the oil flowed. Ages. Personal cleanliness was certainly more cultivated here than in thewest, almost every large house seems to have contained a bath room ;there are also unmistal<eable remains of weavers establishments,…
