Devonshire, R. L., Mrs., b. 1864 · Cairo : The Sphinx Printing Press · leaf 38
those inscriptions were placed there by Napoleon, who partly (I) This form of summit to a minaret is called a in,ibkh(itrh. RAMBLES IN CAIRO 21 restored the fortifications when he occupied Egypt in 1798. The wall westood on is part of the second great wall built round Cairo; the first wasbuilt in… … Phot. CrcsivcU. North wall of Cairo. This one, and the three great gates which still remain were erectedabout 1040 by the brilliant General Badr-el-Gamaly. This Badi was Governorof Syria; he marched to Cairo to assist El Mustansir, a grandson ofEl-Hakems, who could not cope with his enemies, both…
