Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
How to Use This Book
1. Historical Summary and Chronology
2. Architectural and Ornamental Summary
3. The Island of Roda and Old Cairo
4. The Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun and Sharia Saliba
5. The Madrasa of Sultan Hasan and Bab al-Wazir
6. From the Mosque of Sultan Hasan to Bab Zuwayla (Darb al-Ahmar)
7. Bab Zuwayla to Sharia Saliba
8. The Southern Cemetery
9. Sharia Port Said-On and Off
10. Bab Zuwayla to the Mosque of al-Azhar
11. Al-Azhar Square to Bab al-Futuh and Back
12. The Citadel
13. The Northern Cemetery
14. Al-Husayniya and the Mosque of Baybars I
15. Bulaq
Glossary
Islamic Calendar and Principal Feasts
Bibliography
Index
Maps

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About the Author

Caroline Williams, with graduate degrees in Middle Eastern history from Harvard and Islamic art and architecture from the American University in Cairo, has been a frequent resident/visitor of Cairo since 1961.

Reviews

"Anyone interested in knowing more about Cairo's Islamic architecture should pick up the excellent Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide."--Lonely Planet"Any visitor to Cairo who wants to see the monuments should not be without it."--Bernard O'Kane, author of "The Mosques of Egypt""This book ought to be in the luggage of every visitor to Cairo. Furthermore, once home, lovers and students of Cairo's architecture will find it a convenient and accurate quick reference as well as a cherished souvenir of many profitable and enjoyable rambles among the monuments of Cairo."--Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt