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PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
is a magnificent ex-
ample of Arab work-
manship. The tomb-
mosques of El-Ghury,
El-Ashraf Barsabay (see page 380), and
other sultans stand around, while some very
beautiful smaller tombs, like that of Sitteh
Khawend Umm Anuk, a wife of En-Nasir
Mohammad, are sprinkled between them.
The designs of mosques vary consider-
ably, especially if they are built to contain
the founder's tomb ; but the fundamental
idea is always the same—an open court
surrounded by a covered cloister—and the
THE CITADEL FROM THE "TOMBS OF THE MEMLUKS." • . • • A .1
~, n t ,T fnv, . ,... .. . „ . , , . . mam variation consists in converting the
The Great Mosque of Mohammad Aly with its tall minarets and cluster of ^
domes stands within the Citadel, and is the most conspicuous land-mark r . . .... r ,
of Cairo. lour cloistered sides into tour deep transepts,
PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
is a magnificent ex-
ample of Arab work-
manship. The tomb-
mosques of El-Ghury,
El-Ashraf Barsabay (see page 380), and
other sultans stand around, while some very
beautiful smaller tombs, like that of Sitteh
Khawend Umm Anuk, a wife of En-Nasir
Mohammad, are sprinkled between them.
The designs of mosques vary consider-
ably, especially if they are built to contain
the founder's tomb ; but the fundamental
idea is always the same—an open court
surrounded by a covered cloister—and the
THE CITADEL FROM THE "TOMBS OF THE MEMLUKS." • . • • A .1
~, n t ,T fnv, . ,... .. . „ . , , . . mam variation consists in converting the
The Great Mosque of Mohammad Aly with its tall minarets and cluster of ^
domes stands within the Citadel, and is the most conspicuous land-mark r . . .... r ,
of Cairo. lour cloistered sides into tour deep transepts,