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Title: Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus:
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Margoliouth, David Samuel, 1858-1940. (from old catalog) Tyrwhitt, Walter Spencer-Stanhope, 1859-1932, (from old catalog) illus
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Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ly had the name Cupola of the Air, and to hâvedirectly overlooked a parade ground established byAhmad Ibn Tulun; the whole place was after histime turned into a cemetery (karafah), in whichnumerous mosques were erected. Hère Saladinordered Karakush to build a fortress, which he wasnever destined to inhabit himself. His résidence,when Sultan, was the old Palace of the Viziers, andthe first Sultan who inhabited the Citadel itself wasal-Kamil, who came to the throne many years afterSaladins death. The Citadel in ail the plans îs divided into twodistinct portions : the northern, rectangular in shape(at least on three sides), and the southeastern, sepa-rated from the former by a thick wall. Casanovasuggests that the former was what was intended inSaladins original plan. After the work had madesome progress, he bethought him of building himselfa palace under the shelter of the Citadel. Access to the northern enclosure was given by agâte called by various names, among them the Step (82)
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AN OLD PALACE, CAIKO. THE AYYUBID PERIOD Gâte, owing to the nature of the approach—a partof this ancient flight of stairs was discovered andidentified by Casanova. The material for theCitadel was supplied by some pyramids near Mem-phis, which Karakush had no hésitation in demolish-ing, while thousands of Frankish prisoners were em-ployed in forced labour. To Saladin is ascribed the excavation of theWall of Joseph, called, according to some authorîties,after Saladins own name, while others fancy it tobe named after the Patriarch, a favourite with theMoslems of Egypt. The well was regarded as oneof the wonders of engineering architecture, and wasfrequently described by Arab writers. Three hun-dred steps (where there is now an inclined plane)were supposed to lead to the bottom; the well itselfwas in two divisions, with a réservoir in the middle;the water was raised by oxen in the ordinary manner,fîrst from the well to the réservoir, then from theréservoir to the level of the Cit

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