Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . the knowledge handed downto them. Some of the shekhs of theAzhar are men of marvellous erudi-tion, but they are destitute of creative power, or of the ability to utilisetheir old materials for the construction of any new edifice, and they ad-here faithfully to the notion of their forefathers that the greatesttriumph of mental labour is to learn by heart any work of acknowledgedliterary value. Doubt and criticism, which so often serve to open up freshsources of knowledge, are unknown to them;
Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . the knowledge handed downto them. Some of the shekhs of theAzhar are men of marvellous erudi-tion, but they are destitute of creative power, or of the ability to utilisetheir old materials for the construction of any new edifice, and they ad-here faithfully to the notion of their forefathers that the greatesttriumph of mental labour is to learn by heart any work of acknowledgedliterary value. Doubt and criticism, which so often serve to open up freshsources of knowledge, are unknown to them; with natural history theyare entirely unacquainted; and even geometry, algebra, and astronomy, soassiduously cultivated by the ancient Arabs, have now fallen into ob-livion. So well satisfied are they, moreover, with their own wisdom,that they utterly despise the scientific pursuits of the Western world. Baedekers Egypt I. 2nd Ed. 19 290 Route 3. CAIKO. Mosque cl-Azhar. We enter the mosque by the Gate of the Barbers (PI. a), from theStreet of the Booksellers (p. 254). On each side of the Entrance. a, li, c, d, e, f. Gales (see p. 287). 1. Entrance Court (barbers). 2. lloshel-Oanii, or Great Court. 3. Cisterns. 4. Liwan el-Gamic, or Sanctuary,now the principal hall for instruction. 5. Kibla. G. Mambar. 7. Tomb of Abdcr-Rahman Kikhya. 9. * Mesgid (mosque) Mesgid Tabarset. ii. Mesgid Ebthahawiyeh (in ruins). 12. Fountain. 14. Latrine. 15-34. Riwaks (or rooms for study). 15. Ri-wak et-Turk (Turks from N. provinces of the empire); 1G. Riwak el-Hagharbeh (W. Africans); 17. Staircase U* the Riwak esh-Shawwam (8y-; 18. Staircase to the Riwak el-Baghdadiyeh (natives of Baghdad):19. Riwak el-Akrad (Kurds); 20. Riwak ed-Dakarna or Darfflriyeh (na-tives of Dfirluri; 21-27. Riwak es-Sennariyeh (natives of Sennar), Riwaktbra (Nubian Berbers), Riwak el-Gabart (E. Africans from the So-mali coast. Zrb. Berbera, and Tajurra); 28. Riwak e) Harameo (nativesof M
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