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Rambles in Cairo (1917)

Devonshire, R. L., Mrs., b. 1864 · Cairo : The Sphinx Printing Press · leaf 85

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ous^ price in I415 for his beautiful mosque near Bab ezZuweyleh. Quite near Sultan Hassans mosque, at the S. W. corner, stands animposing ruin which must once have been almost as remarkable as the 56 RAMBLES IN CAIRO great mosque itself for its grandiose proportions, a XIV^ century palacepopularly… … *V?*<li t^jii Phot. Creswell.Palace of the Emir Yuskbak. Vestibule. may have been the son of Qalaim, Sultan Hassans father, and the styleof the porch and fagade is earlier in appearance than the time of theEmir Yushbak, who was undoubtedly the owner of this palace in the reign of RAMBLES IN…

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