1 388 Index Mosque tickets, 8g Mosques, 43, 146, 147, 184 Abu-Bekr, 6, 87, 157, 174 Barkukiya, 6, 161, 162 Beybars. Sultan, 18 Blue Mosque, 6. 28, 154, 164, 168, 362 El-Ahmar, El Amr. 5. 34. 154, 155, 182, 183. 196 El-Ashraf, 17, 216 El-Azhar, 5, 43, 154, 175, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 366 El-Bordeini, 6, 157, 173 El-Chikkun, 6, 178, 179, 365 El-Ghury, 6, 17, 164, 217 El-Giyuchi, El-Gulchani, 16, 362 El-Hakim, 6, 16, 17, 175, 211 El-Mas, 6, 7, 154, 168, 176, 264, 365 El-Merdani, 5, 6, 25, 156, 164, 257 El-Moayyad, 16. 17, 154, 156, 164, 258, 361 El-Rifai'ya, 27, 169, 238 Emir Akhor, 28, 169 En-iNasir, 17, 210 Es-Zahir, 38 Hassan, Sultan, 6, 27, 154, 169, 170, 211, 238 Hassaneyn, 245 Hoseyn, 'j'j Ibn-Tulun, 6, 31, 154, 176, 179, 180, 21 Ibrahim Agha, 168 Imam Shaf'yi, 33 Kait Bey, 6, 32, 157, 183, 184, 216 Kalaun, Sultan, 6, 19, 112, 161, 162 Kcsun, 173 Kheirbek, 28 Kismas-el-Ishaky, 6, 157, 164, 259. 3'55 Little Blue Mosque, 16, 362 Mahmudiya, 28 Mehemet Ali, 27, 28, 29, 122, 198, 209, 210, 237 Motahhar, 160 Seyvida Zeynab, 14, 31, 143 Sitt' Safiya. 6 Suleiman Pasha (Sultan Sclim), 212 Sultan Shai'ban, 28, 87, 164, 167 Mosques, admission to, 89 Mosques, Conditionsforentering, 158 — from whicli Christians are supposed to be excluded, 33 — Number of splendid, 159 — of Cairo, 159 Motahhar. See Mosques Mother of Akhnaton, 260 Motlier-of-pearl work, ']] Mounds, 194 Mounds of Fustat, The, 33 Mud. 146 Muharram, 245 Mummies, 266 Munshids, 219 Muristan, The, 161 Museum of Antiquities, The, 14, 264 — Attendants at the, 264 — Salle de vente at the, 97 Musky, The, 19, 66, 70, 78, 246, 257 — Scenes in the, 68 — Trade of the, 68 Napoleon, 29 Nasir-en. See Mosques Native omnibuses, 64 Neddabchs, 220 New Egyptian University, 14 Newspaper boys, 47 Night wedding processions, 262 Nile Bridge, The, 38 The opening of the, 314 Nile flood. The, 334 Nilometer, The, 35, 288, 289, 290 Oasis, The, 309 Oil Mills, 88, 146 Ancient-looking, 279 Okelle of Kait Bey, 18, 19 Old Arab streets in Cairo, 141 Old Cairo, 34. 44, 142, — its meaning, 193 143, 193 Old Greek cathedral, 37, — Arab mansions, 27 — metal stalls, 93 Omar, 286 197 Open-air theatre, Opera House, 62 119 Orders, The four Mohammedan, 171 Osiris, 217 Our dragoman, 85 Paintings, Roman-Egyptian, 267 Palace of Mehemet Ali, 207 Saladin, 29, 207 Sheikh Sadat, 30 Sultan Beybars, 18, 20, 26, 366
— Rumeleh, 207-211 Polo in the 15th century, 271 Portal of the Church of St. John of Acre, 161 Postcards, 214 — dealers, 47 Professors of El-Azhar, The, 188 P>-ramid Arabs, 315 Pyramids, Arab guides at the, 317 — Arab villages at the, 328 — Ascending and descending the, 318 — of Abusir, 338 — of Ghizeh, 335 — of Merawi, 313 — of Sakkara, 332 — of Unas, 335 — seen from Cairo citadel, 313 — The, 37, 122, 126, 130, 182, 193, 207, 211, 212 — The great, 315, 317 — their meaning, 312 — Tourists at the, 313 Quarter, The (El-Katar), 179 " Queer Things about Egypt," 257 Raba, 151 Rameses II., Rameses the Great, 266, 332, 337 Reception of the great Moslem orders, 228 Riaz Pasha, 230 Rifai'ya, E1-. See Mosques Roda Island, 35, 282, 288, 290, 381 • and Moses, 280 Index 389 Palace, the H4ut-el-Merdani, 26 Rod-el-Farag, 37, 114, 302 — the Khedive's, 29, 210 — Fairy views at, 303 Palanquins of ivory in Arab pro- Roman citadel of Cairo, 35, 283 cessions, 254 — gateways, 200 Pashas' villas, 304 Roosevelt, Mr., his speech on Patriarch, 299 Egypt at the Guildhall. 368 Pavement restaurant, 56 Performing monkeys, 137 Perfumes, 75 Pergolas, 288. 305 Persian embroideries, 90, 97 —• shawls, 106 — tombs at Sakkara, 336 Phoenix, the purple bird, 341 — Legend of, 342 Pilgrims from Mecca, 119, 120 — procession, 262 Place Bab-el-Khalk, 16 — eb-Gulehani, 361 — Mohammed Ali, 29-30 Saddlers, 82 Sakiyas, 122, 278, 289, 343 Sakkara, 338 Saladin, 17, 207, 208, 211 Saladin's aqueduct, 197, 198, 211 Salle-deA'ente at the Cairo Museum, 97 Sarcophagi, ancient Egyptian, 266 Scarabs, 50, 268 Scenes on the Nile, 121 Scentmakers, 75 Scribes, 61 Sebil, 160, 166 — abd-er-Rahman, 17 — of the Abbasides, 178 Secret theatrical performances, 116 Seggada, 274 Selim, Sultan (Suleiman). See Mosques Serapeum, The, 337 Seti I, 266 Seyyida-Zeynab. See Mosques Shaban, Sultan. See Mosques Shadufs, 122 Shaf'yi, Imam. See Mosques Sham antiquities, 51 Sharia : Aftel-er-Rum, 293 Bab-el-Bahr, 22, 109, 146, 174, 255, 362 Bab-el-Futuh, 365 Ben-es-Sureni , 21 Birgwan, 22, 364 Bulak, 13 Clot Bey, 22 Darb-el-.Ahmar, 25, 146, 166, 169, 259, 366 Daudiya, 23 El-Akkadin, 20, 146, 164, 292, 365 El-Azrafiya, 365 El-Gamahya, 7, 18, 147, 148, 175, 249, 366 El-Genaina, 55, 60 El-Ghuriya, 164, 365 El-Giyuchi, 21, 22, 29, 146, 174, 279, 362 El-Hassenen, 171 El-Hilmiya, 31, 264
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