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Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Chapter 23: Transcriber's note:
By George Melly
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The Citadel of Cairo — Mosque of Mehemet Ali — Moslem Carnival — The College of Dervishes — Curious religious ceremony — Presentation to the Viceroy — The Nepaulese Ambassador — Visit of the ladies to Ibrahim Pasha’s hareem. On the heights, behind Cairo, rises the citadel, commanding a splendid view of the city, and of the surrounding country. It forms the eastern boundary of Cairo, and is strongly fortified and garrisoned. From its ramparts, the spectator may survey all the public buildings, which rear their stately minarets and cupolas on every side. Chief among these, is a mosque founded by Mehemet Ali, and now nearly completed.

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FOOTNOTES:

[1]Since the above remarks were written, public attention has been called to this neglected relic of antiquity through the all-powerful medium of The Times. In such hands the question may be very safely left; but surely the nation that can throw away untold sums on a fabric like the Marble Arch, can spare £2,000 for the preservation of this fine column, which, transplanted to English soil, might commemorate the deeds of an Abercrombie or a Nelson.

[2]The remains of the statue of Memnon, as well as a splendid obelisk at Karnac, are, like the prostrate Cleopatra’s Needle, the property of the English Government, but the wealthiest nation of the earth cannot afford the outlay required for their removal, and they are, therefore, left unclaimed.

[3]At 6½ P.M. on the 17th there was a partial eclipse of the moon, which lasted two hours.

Transcriber's note:

  • pg 124 Changed: "a sketch of the diabekeeh" to: "diabeheeh"