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Page 8
His palace is quite a castle , which has a selamlik as large as a mosque , with its
lofty walls inlaid with old Persian tiles , and a range of superb oriels , screened by
the richest meshrebiya , for the ladies of the harem , over a feudal gateway .
His palace is quite a castle , which has a selamlik as large as a mosque , with its
lofty walls inlaid with old Persian tiles , and a range of superb oriels , screened by
the richest meshrebiya , for the ladies of the harem , over a feudal gateway .
Page 9
... meshrebiya for the harem ladies : its windows are screened with old woodwork
, and its walls are arabesqued . At ElMerdani this joins the Sharia - el - Tabbana ,
the continuation of the Sharia - el - Magar , the finest of the three approaches .
... meshrebiya for the harem ladies : its windows are screened with old woodwork
, and its walls are arabesqued . At ElMerdani this joins the Sharia - el - Tabbana ,
the continuation of the Sharia - el - Magar , the finest of the three approaches .
Page 44
They never appear to see large unmuzzled dogs , that look as bad as wolves :
they go for the ladies ' pet dogs — an operation without danger , with a thirty -
piastre ransom ( six shillings ) at the end of it . When I first went to Egypt , a
pessimistic ...
They never appear to see large unmuzzled dogs , that look as bad as wolves :
they go for the ladies ' pet dogs — an operation without danger , with a thirty -
piastre ransom ( six shillings ) at the end of it . When I first went to Egypt , a
pessimistic ...
Page 48
... into stories about the imprudences of American women with their dragomans
and donkey - boys . I shall not reproduce them here , and I would not allow myself
to believe them . At the same time , it is well to warn ladies of all nationalities that
...
... into stories about the imprudences of American women with their dragomans
and donkey - boys . I shall not reproduce them here , and I would not allow myself
to believe them . At the same time , it is well to warn ladies of all nationalities that
...
Page 55
When they went to the station his form of salutation was : " All people see who is
this coming . It is the Princess and Mr. Rhodes . " He was a man of nice
discrimination in language . Speaking of two ladies , one of whom was very ...
When they went to the station his form of salutation was : " All people see who is
this coming . It is the Princess and Mr. Rhodes . " He was a man of nice
discrimination in language . Speaking of two ladies , one of whom was very ...
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| 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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