Chapter IX: Beys and Pashas 287-314

Mamluk Emirs (Beys) still in power, 287—Pasha helpless,
288—Street Fights, 289—‘Othman Bey, 289—Rudwan el-
Gelfy, 290—The Sharaiby family, 292—Libraries,
295—State of Learning, 296—Fanaticism and Superstition,
297—Mosques of the Ottoman Period, 298—‘Aly Bey,
298—‘Abd-er-Rahman Kiahya, 298—Mohammad Bey Abu-dh-
Dhahab, 301—Mohammad ‘Aly, 302—Confiscation of Wakf
Trusts, 302—The Commission for the Preservation of the
Monuments of Arab Art, 303—Report to Lord Cromer,
303—Preservation, 305—Restoration, 309—Lord Cromer’s
Action, 313—Grants from the Public Debt Commissioners
and the Egyptian Government, 313.

_Rulers and Monuments of Cairo_ 317-322

_Table for converting Hijra Years into Anni Domini_ 323-327

_Index_ 329-340

ILLUSTRATIONS

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_Lake of the Elephant: Birkat-el-Fil._
_O. B. Carter_ (c. 1830) _Frontispiece_

_Court of a Private House._
_J. A. Symington_ (1902) 15

_The Citadel._
_J. A. Symington_ 29

_Court of the Mosque of ‘Amr._
_J. A. Symington_ 45

_Gate of Kasr-esh-Shema‘ (Babylon)._
_O. B. Carter_ 51

_Tower of the Mosque of Ibn-Tulun._
_O. B. Carter_ 73

_Within the Mosque of Ibn-Tulun._
_J. A. Symington_ 81

_Detail of Ornament in Mosque of Ibn-Tulun._
_J. A. Symington_ 84

_Street in Old Misr._
_J. A. Symington_ 105

_Ruined Mosque of el-Hakim._
_J. A. Symington_ 135

_Gate of Succour: Bab-en-Nasr._
_O. B. Carter_ 151

_Minarets over Gate of Zuweyla._
_O. B. Carter_ 155

_Mosque of el-Guyushy._
_O. B. Carter_ 161

_Plan of Cairo before_ 1200.
_After Ravaisse, etc._ 165

_Castle of the Ram: Kal‘at-el-Kebsh._
_O. B. Carter_ 177

_Plan of Medresa._
_After Murray_ 190

_Island of er-Roda._
_Robert Hay_ (c. 1830) 199

_“Joseph’s Hall”: Palace of en-Nasir in Citadel, with
his Mosque in background._
_Robert Hay_ 213

_Aqueduct and House of the Seven Watermills._
_Robert Hay_ 221

_Mosque of Sultan Hasan._
_O. B. Carter_ 225

_Gateway of Sultan Hasan’s Mosque._
_O. B. Carter_ 229

_Tomb-Mosque of Barkuk and Farag._
_J. A. Symington_ 233

_Eastern Cemetery: so-called “Tombs of the Caliphs.”_
_J. A. Symington_ 239

_Mosque of Kait-Bey._
_J. A. Symington_ 243

_Tomb-Mosques._
_J. A. Symington_ 247

_Tombs of the Mamluks._
_J. A. Symington_ 251

_Sketch-plan showing growth of Cairo._
_After E. W. Lane_ (1835) 256

_Slave Market._
_O. B. Carter (figures by H. Warren)_ 267

_In the Darb-el-Ahmar._
_J. A. Symington_ 275

_Street near Bab-el-Khark._
_O. B. Carter_ 293

_A Muslim Graveyard._
_J. A. Symington_ 315

_Map of Cairo_ _At end_

The Story of Cairo

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