Warburton, Eliot: Travels in Egypt and the Holy Land, or, The crescent and the cross: comprising the romance and realities of eastern travel (Philadelphia, 1859)

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THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS.

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debted to the thick palm-groves that veil them. Sioutis border-
ed by gardens and kiosks, beyond which stretch the rich plains
I have before alluded to.

This city was formerly the refuge of the Mamelukes, and con-
tains a handsome palace, built by Ibrahim Pasha, from the ruins
of a despoiled temple. It contains twenty thousand souls, about
one thousand of whom are Coptic Christians.