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