Note 102 — XIII THE RELATIONS OF LAW AND RELIGION

In 1898-9 the total sum paid to El Azhar out of the public treasury was LE (Egyptian pounds) 6,611, and out of the administration of the Wakfs LE5,224, besides a sum of LE1,512 derived from the endowments of the several Riwaks. The best endowed Riwaks are those of the Turks (516) and of the Mogrebins (364). I owe these figures to the kindness of my friend Yacoub Artin Pasha, the energetic and enlightened head of the educational administration of Egypt. The Egyptian pound is about twenty shillings and fourpence.