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Page x
... Mosque of Amrou - Pro- cession of the Mahmal - Mosque of Sultan Hassan - Drive to Heliopolis - Weather changes - Cold and wet - Funerals - De- parture of the pilgrims for Mecca - We are told we are to leave Choubrah - Remove to the New ...
... Mosque of Amrou - Pro- cession of the Mahmal - Mosque of Sultan Hassan - Drive to Heliopolis - Weather changes - Cold and wet - Funerals - De- parture of the pilgrims for Mecca - We are told we are to leave Choubrah - Remove to the New ...
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... Mosque - Baïram - The Prince and Prin- cess leave for a time - Candle - stealing - Discover the thief— Transit of Venus - Slight shock of earthquake , CHAPTER XXX . Kourban Baïram - Arab saddles - Donkey - ride to Heliopolis - Ball at ...
... Mosque - Baïram - The Prince and Prin- cess leave for a time - Candle - stealing - Discover the thief— Transit of Venus - Slight shock of earthquake , CHAPTER XXX . Kourban Baïram - Arab saddles - Donkey - ride to Heliopolis - Ball at ...
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... mosque of Mo- hammed Ali , up by the Citadel , and a salute of twenty- three guns announced when he went in , and was repeated when he came out . Then began his levée at the Citadel ; and after having paid their respects to him , the ...
... mosque of Mo- hammed Ali , up by the Citadel , and a salute of twenty- three guns announced when he went in , and was repeated when he came out . Then began his levée at the Citadel ; and after having paid their respects to him , the ...
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... mosque we met some friends , and we agreed to drive to the so - called Tombs of the Caliphs . I say " so - called ... mosques and minarets ; these are of sovereigns , and we went into several . They are all in ruins ; some in fair ...
... mosque we met some friends , and we agreed to drive to the so - called Tombs of the Caliphs . I say " so - called ... mosques and minarets ; these are of sovereigns , and we went into several . They are all in ruins ; some in fair ...
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... mosque , but more frequently by the wooden house of some Turk of the upper class , many of the rooms positively hanging over the water , while underneath were moored the caïques belonging to the family . I landed at the bridge at the ...
... mosque , but more frequently by the wooden house of some Turk of the upper class , many of the rooms positively hanging over the water , while underneath were moored the caïques belonging to the family . I landed at the bridge at the ...
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