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Identifier: egyptsdnhand00karl (find matches)
Title: Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Subjects: Egypt -- Guidebooks Sudan -- Guidebooks
Publisher: Leipzig : K. Baedeker New York, C. Scribner's sons (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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cxix), built in 1463and restored in 1898, is the finest edifice among the Tombs of theCaliphs. It is distinguished by its beautiful dome, its slenderminaret (130 ft. high), its harmonious proportions, and its hand-some ornamentation, in which stalactites are profusely used. Inthe interior we notice the beautiful marble mosaic, the tasteful ceil-ings, the pulpit, and the lattice windows of stucco (partly modern).Within the mausoleum (PI. 8, p. 114) are shown a finely carveddesk and two stones, wliich are said to have been brought fromMecca by Kait Bey and to bear impressions of the feet of the prophet 114 Route 5. TOMBS OF THE CALIPHS. Environs To the S.E. of the mosque of Kait Bey the Shari el-Afifl leads tothe Tomb Mosque of the Khedive Taufik (p. cxxiii). We may now return to the city either through the Bab el-Attaba(p, 115) or via the Windmill Hills and the Muski. To the rightof the latter route is a point (Point de vue on the Plan) command-ing a beautiful *Retrospect of the tombs.
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lA ?.a First Floor.Tomb Mosquk of Kiii Bei.— 1. Principal Entrance. 2. Vestibule with throne. 3. Sebil. 4. Sahn el-Gami.5. Sanctuary with prayer-recess and pulpit. 6. Liwan.7. Side-liwans. 8. Domedroom with cenotaph of KaitBey. 9. Hall with tombs ofKait Beys four wives. 10.Library. 11. Uncovered court.12. Hilweh (chamber) for the < Imam. 13 (first floor), Knttab (elementary school). 15. Water-trough.16. Staircase to the minaret. W*, M^, M^. Minaret in the three stories. The so-called *Wiiidmill Hills ; afford one of the best views inthe environs of Cairo. A fine effect, especially by evening-light, isproduced by the domes and the peculiar colouring of the valleyand the Mokattam. To the W. are the city, the plain of the Nile,and the Pyramids; to the N. lies the straggling suburb of Abbasi-yeh; to the N.E., in the distance, is the new suburb of Heliopolisand at our feet are the Tombs of the Caliphs. of Cairo. TOMBS OF THE MAMELUKES. 5. Route. 115 Tlie return-route leading to the S.

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  • booksubject:Sudan____Guidebooks
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