Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus- (1912) (14596422188)

Identifier: cairojerusalemda01marg (find matches)
Title: Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus:
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Margoliouth, David Samuel, 1858-1940. (from old catalog) Tyrwhitt, Walter Spencer-Stanhope, 1859-1932, (from old catalog) illus
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Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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ed in much later times for theexcavation of the Suez Canal. This Canal startedfrom the Nile in the Kasr ai-Ain région, and after along course mainly northward, discharged into theGreat Canal near the Mosque of Baibars. Its pur-pose was, it is said, to convey goods to the buildingserected near the new exercise-ground laid out by theSultan at Siriacos; but it was also used for pleasureparties and processions, and many mansions werebuilt along its banks. Probably more buildings remain from the time ofthis Sultan than from any of his predecessors. Suchare the mosques of the Emir Husain in a street lead-ing out of the Mohammed Ali Boulevard in the di-rection of the Bab al-Khalk: of the Emir al-MalikJaukandar in the Husainiyyah quarter: of the EmirAimas in the Place Hilmiyyah: of the Emir Kausun(most of it destroyed when the Mohammed AliBoulevard was constructed) ; of the Emir Beshtak inthe Jamamiz Street, entirely renewed in the year1860 by the brother of the Khédive Ismail: of the (148)
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NASIR AND HIS SONS Emîr al-Maridani near the Mihmandar Mosque, înthe Tabbanah quarter, leading from the ZuwailahGâte to the Citadel, which also dates from a lateperiod of Nasirs reign: and of the Lady Maskahnear the Mosque of the Sheik Salih to the south ofthe Mabduli Street. The lady who founded thislast mosque was a slave of the Sultan, who rose tothe office of manageress of such matters as were en-trusted to the women of the palace, such as the éti-quette of weddings, the éducation of the royal chil-dren and the organisation of various cérémonies.The foundress records in the dedicatory inscriptionthat she had visited both Meccah and Medinah. AUthe Emirs mentioned in this list were persons ofmark in Nasirs reign. The Emir Husain was alsothe builder of a bridge and a wicket called after hisname, to enable people to come from Cairo to hismosque. The Emir Sanjar, who was governor atthe time, objected to a hole being made by a pri-vate individual in the city wall. When the EmirHu