Devonshire, R. L., Mrs., b. 1864 · Cairo : The Sphinx Printing Press · leaf 39
e 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 from within and 22 RAMBLES IN CAIRO without. Badr brought some Syrian architects with him. which accountsfor the… … Phot. Creswell. North wall of Cairo. a most romantic vaulted passage down a dark staircase, with no light atall in some places and, in others, only the narrow rays which entered throughthe loop-holes. One ccjuld imagine the absolute security of a garrison withinthis wall before tjie days of heavy…
