Devonshire, R. L., Mrs., b. 1864 · Cairo : The Sphinx Printing Press · leaf 21
ch is placed against one of the piers; it presents some jieculiarly ricii designs,one of the earliest ornamental crescents and an inscription in beautiful FatimiteKutic characters, from which we learn that it was built by El Afdal, son of Badrel Gamaly, in 1094. RAMBLES IN CAIRO said to have been… … Phot. Wade.Mosque of Ibn TulunStucco mihrab with Fatimitc inscription. Does it not seem extraordinary to think of tliese Saracens playing afashionable game like polo at the time of the Norman Conquest! From the minaret, which we duly ascended, there is a marvellous view RAMBLES IN CAIRO 7 of the…
