The Beauty of Cairo: A Historical Guide to the Chief Islamic and Coptic Monuments |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
General notes for the visitor | 21 |
Front cover The Mosque of Muhammad Ali the Great Harvey | 27 |
Copyright | |
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19th century Abbasid Caliphs ad-Din aisles al-Ashraf Arabic Ayyubid Bab Zuwayla Barquq Barquq and Farag Barsbay Baybars building built Byzantine centre Church of el-Moallaqa Citadel of Saladin Coptic Museum courtyard decorated dervishes dome door Egypt Egyptian el-Ghury el-Hakim elegant Emir en-Nasir Muhammad entrance Farag ibn Barquq Fatimid Fatimid City fountain Fustat Gate houses Ibn Tulun Imam inscriptions Islamic Art Khan al-Khalili Khanqah leads liwan madrasa Mamluk Mamluk and Ottoman marble mashrabiya Mausoleum Midan mihrab minaret minbar monuments Mosque and Mausoleum Mosque of el-Azhar Mosque of Ibn Mosque of Muhammad Mosque of Sultan Muhammad Ali Museum of Islamic Nilometer north-east Old Cairo Ottoman Cairo Palace Pasha principal pulpit qa'a Qait Bay Qalaun Qur'an reign restored Roda Roman rooms sanctuary Sayyida Nafisa Sebil SHARI Sidi south-east south-west Southern Cemetery staircase street stucco Sultan Farag Sultan Hasan Sultans Barquq Syria tomb Tulunid Turkish Turning left yards