Devonshire, R. L., Mrs., b. 1864 · Cairo : The Sphinx Printing Press · leaf 82
eral cannon-balls and inparticular some which damaged the dome. Evidently he must have meant (I) M. de Thevenot. RAMBLES IN CAIRO 53 the original cupola, supposed to have been shaped like that of the mosque ofSuyurghatniish, immediately below that of Ahmed Ibn Tulun ; it fell topieces, in 1659, I… … Phot. Stezwvt.Mosque of Sultan Hassan. Door of pulpit. more than probable that some of these projectiles may be ascribed to him. The interior ot the mosque is very interesting; it shows the cruciform shape which is common to mosques of the XIV^^ century, each arm of the cross being a vaulted room…
