Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers . Minaret(PI. 11a; 285 ft. high) is the highest minaret in Cairo (that ofEl-Ghuri 213 ft., Kalaun 193 ft., El-Muaiyad 167 ft., El-Azhar167 ft., Kait Bey and Barkuk 164 ft., Tulun 131 ft., Amr 105 ft.).The minaret (PL lib) at the E. corner was overthrown by an earth-quake, but was afterwards rebuilt on a smaller scale. The building is in the form of an irregularpentagon, 85,000 Quarters. CAIKO. 4. Route. 67 ill area, iu which the cruciform shape of the original Medreseh(p. clxxx) has been skilfully incorporated. — From the main en-trance (PI.
Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers . Minaret(PI. 11a; 285 ft. high) is the highest minaret in Cairo (that ofEl-Ghuri 213 ft., Kalaun 193 ft., El-Muaiyad 167 ft., El-Azhar167 ft., Kait Bey and Barkuk 164 ft., Tulun 131 ft., Amr 105 ft.).The minaret (PL lib) at the E. corner was overthrown by an earth-quake, but was afterwards rebuilt on a smaller scale. The building is in the form of an irregularpentagon, 85,000 Quarters. CAIKO. 4. Route. 67 ill area, iu which the cruciform shape of the original Medreseh(p. clxxx) has been skilfully incorporated. — From the main en-trance (PI. 1) we enter first a domfed vestibule (PI. 2) and then asmaller anteroom, whence steps ascend to the corridor (PI. 3), ad-joining the large Sahn el-Gami or mosque-court (115 ft. long and105 ft. broad). In the centre of the court is the Meida (PI. 4).The four arms of the cross are occupied by four large halls (liwan),with lofty barrel-vaulting. These serve as praying rooms. Thelecture-rooms for the four orthodox schools of Jslam (p. Ixxxvl). 1. Chief Entrance (from the Sharr Mohammed Ali). 2. Vestibule. 3. Corri-dor. 4. Meida (fountain for ablutions). 6. Dikkeh. 7. Prayer-recess (kibla).8. Pulpit (minbar). 9. Mausoleum of Sultan Hasan. 10. S. Entrance. 11aand b. Minarets. 12. Medresehs (lecture-rooms) for the four schools ofIslam. 13. Old court of ablutions in the sunk floor (ruinous). were fitted up in the four small medresehs (PI. 12). The Liwan el-Gamf or sanctuary has as its chief embellishment an elaborate in-scribed *Frieze, cut in the stucco and much restored, with line Cuflcletters on a tasteful background of arabesques. The rear wall, withthe prayer-recess, is adorned with marble. The only remains of theonce sumptuous fittings of this hall are the dikkeh (PI. 6), the pulpit(PI. 8), with a wooden door, inlaid with gold and silver and mountedwith bronze, and the chains of the innumerable lamps (p. 64). Tothe right of the pulpit is a bronze door (now closed), damascened
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