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This city was founded by the Arab conquerors of Egypt in 970 A.D. near the east bank of the Nile about 20 miles above the apex of its delta. It is surrounded by walls and lies in the midst of gardens and groves of mimosas and palm trees. The interior of the town is a scene of busy traffic, its inhabitants exhibiting oriental customs and costumes mingled with those of many Europeans. The latter are indiscriminantely termed 'Franks.' There are various quarters divided off with reference to their occupants, whether Mohamedans, Jews or Franks. The streets of the older portion of the town form a bad contrast to the better showing of the modern sections. The place is intersected by a canal conveying the waters of the Nile from Old Cairo to all portions of the city. The citadel was built by Saladin about 1166, stands 250 feet above the level of the town. It has undergone much alteration and now contains a palace and a mosque erected by Mehemet Ali, in the centre of which is a well sunk into the solid rock to the level of the Nile. The view from the Citadel is one of great magnificence; the city below with its gleaming domes and minarets, gardens and palaces, the river studded with islands, the pyramids on the north, fields nad villas on the west, and barren cliffs on the east, backed by and ocean of sand. The Mosque of Sultan Hassan is called the finest in Cairo. The streets are highly picturesque with gaily dressed traders, dragomans, mountebanks, dogs, donkeys, and snake-charmers. In the vicinity of the Pyramids of Sakkara are found the tombs of the sacred Ibis; these mummies are enclosed in earthen vases of sugar-loaf form. Some of them have the beak, the feet, and even part of the feathers well preserved. Population 1882, 368,108.\"  Knapp, Joseph P. (Printer) Trade card. Six drawings of stereotypically Egyptian motifs Original trade card: \"Cairo, Egypt.\"  (Arbuckle Bros.). From the collection of Paula Sanders, Rice University"},{"label":"Abstract","value":"This item is part of a collection of texts, research, and visual materials documenting travel to the Middle East (primarily Egypt) between the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) and Rice University's Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI)."},{"label":"Location","value":["Egypt"]},{"label":"People and Organizations","value":["Arbuckle Bros."]},{"label":"Accessibility","value":["This item may have accessibility enhancements created by AI, which means there might be misspellings and/or grammatical errors. 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