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Rambles in Cairo (1917)

Devonshire, R. L., Mrs., b. 1864 · Cairo : The Sphinx Printing Press · leaf 32

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El Azhar.Door by Qaitbay. mosque only held six rows of columns, but Abd~er-Rahman added four RAMBLES IN CAIRO 15 arcades to it. He took away the south-east wall in order to effect thisenlargement, but allowed the panel to remain which contained the oiiginalqihleh. building- an additional… … ti <3 N< O buried in a small chapel in the south-west angle of the mosque, near anentrance leading into a back street where some of Qaitbays houses areto be foiind. I6 RAMBLES [N CAIRO There is yet another chapel in the opposite corner, and the servantsof the mosque declared that it formed…

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