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Rambles in Cairo (1917)

Devonshire, R. L., Mrs., b. 1864 · Cairo : The Sphinx Printing Press · leaf 22

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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… … Pilot. Creswtil. Mosque oi Suyurghatinish. Other. H. told me that it was built by the Emir Suyurghatmish (thislong name means A Present, in the Turcoman language) under the reignof Sultan Hassan. (A.D. 1356). LETTER II. THE UNIVERSITY OF EL AZHAR. AD. 970College mosques of the Emirs Aqbogha and…

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