 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 556 páginas
...or Old Cairo, the southern harbour or landing place. Cairo occupies about three square miles ; it ia surrounded by a wall, the gates of which are shut...a large citadel situated at an angle of the town, on one of the lower elevations of the contiguous ridge, in which is the residence of the Pash.u The... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 558 páginas
...harbour or landing place. Cairo occupies about three square miles ; it is surrounded by a wall, tin- gates of which are shut at night, and is commanded...a large citadel situated at an angle of the town, on one of the lower elevations of the contiguous ridge, in which is the residence of the Pasha. The... | |
 | 1867 - 494 páginas
...a hilly ridge called Mokattam. Cairo occupies about three square miles; it is surrounded by a wall, and is commanded by a large citadel situated at an angle of the town, on one of the lower elevations of the contiguous ridge, in which is the residence of the Pacha. During... | |
 | 1875 - 596 páginas
...travelers here and of course many are Americans. " Cairo occupies a space of about three square miles. It is surrounded by a wall, the gates of which are shut at night and is coшiiMi!!h'! i by a large citadel situated near a point of the mountain. The streets are unpaved and... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 668 páginas
...of Mokattam, and near the apex of the Delta of the Nile. Cairo occupies about three square miles. It is surrounded by a wall, the gates of which are shut...a large citadel situated at an angle of the town, on one of the lower elevations of the contiguous ridge, in which is the residence of the Pasha. The... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1884 - 636 páginas
...from I-.M ii:l ii on the Suez Canal. Cairo occupies abont 3 square miles. It is now only partially surrounded by a wall, the gates of which are shut...a large citadel situated at an angle of the town, on one of the lower elevations of the contiguous ridge, in which is the residence of the pasha. The... | |
 | Susan Jane Staffa - 1977 - 504 páginas
...only the spatially delimited area of "Cairo proper." Lane, for instance, says: "(The metropolis) ... is surrounded by a wall, the gates of which are shut at night, and is commanded by a large citadel, situate at an angle of the town, near a point of the mountain" (Manners and Customs, p. 4). It is clear... | |
 | Susan Jane Staffa - 1977 - 504 páginas
...only the spatially delimited area of "Cairo proper." Lane, for instance, says: "(The metropolis) ... is surrounded by a wall, the gates of which are shut at night, and is commanded by a large citadel, situate at an angle of the town, near a point of the mountain" (Manners and Customs, p. 4). It is clear... | |
 | Edward William Lane - 2005 - 589 páginas
...space equal to about three square miles, and its population is about two hnndred and forty thousand. It is surrounded by a wall, the gates of which are shut...By a stranger who merely passed through the streets Cairowould be regarded as a very close and crowded city, but that this is not the case is evident to... | |
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Jt is surrounded by a wall, the gates of which are shut at night, and is commanded by a large citadel, situated at an angle of the town, near a point of the mountain. The streets are unpaved ; and most of them are narrow and irregular : they might more... 
