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Title:
Cairo : Mosque of El Kaitbay [Graphic]
Year:
[1868-1869].
Creator:
Good, Frank Mason
Category:
Mosque Of El Kaitbay
Minarets
Object Details:
1 photograph : albumen ; 20.8 x 16 cm ( 8 x 6.25 in).
Notes:
Attached description: "The Mosque containing the tomb of Sultan Kaitbay, who defeated the Turks under Bazajet II., A.D. 1491. Fergusson calls it 'the most perfect gem in or about Cairo,' surpassing even the Alhambra in elegance. In front are tombs more or less ruinous."
Domed mosque, various buildings and a minaret
Collection:
CAJS Image Collection XAJ GOO 2268 XAJ36
The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries