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Page 11
The major - domo of the courteous sheikh will come out and conduct you through
a leafy court , with the grandest screen of meshrebiya in all Cairo , resting on the
garden hall at the end , into the throne - room of Sultan Beybars , who died ...
The major - domo of the courteous sheikh will come out and conduct you through
a leafy court , with the grandest screen of meshrebiya in all Cairo , resting on the
garden hall at the end , into the throne - room of Sultan Beybars , who died ...
Page 25
MOHAMMED NADA . " “ I want to live in Syria because there are many fruitful
gardens , splendid buildings , grand houses , pure air , high mountains and hills ,
and it is well - drained country . All good things that anyone wish are found there .
MOHAMMED NADA . " “ I want to live in Syria because there are many fruitful
gardens , splendid buildings , grand houses , pure air , high mountains and hills ,
and it is well - drained country . All good things that anyone wish are found there .
Page 32
... round and round the Esbikiya Gardens . Ramidge offered him his choice of
going to prison or taking a good thrashing ; he gratefully accepted the latter , and
Ramidge caned him like a schoolboy till he was tired , and sent him to Alexandria
.
... round and round the Esbikiya Gardens . Ramidge offered him his choice of
going to prison or taking a good thrashing ; he gratefully accepted the latter , and
Ramidge caned him like a schoolboy till he was tired , and sent him to Alexandria
.
Page 51
Gutters and ditches in gardens are favourite places , and they have been known
to breed in great numbers in the cellars of houses . " Three or four weeks are
required to perfect the change from the egg to the complete insect . The female ...
Gutters and ditches in gardens are favourite places , and they have been known
to breed in great numbers in the cellars of houses . " Three or four weeks are
required to perfect the change from the egg to the complete insect . The female ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Queer Things about Egypt |
| Author | Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Hurst & Blackett, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Mar 2012 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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