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Five Months at Cairo and in Lower Egypt [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1883)
singularly developed since:
is now no more than a
little town without character, either European or Arabian,
but holding an intermediate position between the West and the East...
; with Arabian civilisation itself that Amru had brought, and which, like the rest, has fled for ever. It would need a very lively imagination to revive at night in modern the souvenirs of a departed...
; with Arabian civilisation itself that Amru had brought, and which, like the rest, has fled for ever. It would need a very lively imagination to revive at night in modern the souvenirs of a departed...
The story of Cairo, by Stanley Lane-Poole [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1918)
mirror of the Arabian Nights. Even his city preserves its
mediaeval tone. Much has been destroyed by time or innovation,
but the European fringe is still a
fringe, and the old Muslim city...
CHAPTER IVCHAPTER VCHAPTER VISaladin's Castle CHAPTER VIIThe Dome Buildersintra murosCHAPTER VIIIThe City of the ArabianCHAPTER IXBeys and Pashas...
CHAPTER IVCHAPTER VCHAPTER VISaladin's Castle CHAPTER VIIThe Dome Buildersintra murosCHAPTER VIIIThe City of the ArabianCHAPTER IXBeys and Pashas...
Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus, three chief cities of the Egyptian sultans [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1907)
air—for the mountains screened it from
the fresh breezes of the desert—and the carelessness of
its inhabitants with regard to the most elementary precautions
of cleanliness. Dead...
not only his Mosque but also his vast palace and parade ground, was burned in 905; and as the surrounding locality became more and more deserted, the Mosque itself suffered from neglect. The second of the Fatimide...
not only his Mosque but also his vast palace and parade ground, was burned in 905; and as the surrounding locality became more and more deserted, the Mosque itself suffered from neglect. The second of the Fatimide...