. The redemption of Egypt. eearliest example of the stalactite cornice. The angleformed by the meeting of two of the fapades is cutoff, and the flat surface thus introduced is united tothe proper lines of the angle so formed at the topsof the respective fa{;ades, by means of stalactites. The mosque of El-Akmar was built by the KhalifAmir bi Ahkam Illah in i i 2 5. The mosque of El-Telayeh—last of the four which belong to this period—was erected in i 160 by Telayeh ibn Rezik, thepowerful vizier of the last Khalif of the Fatimitedynasty, and restored in i 302. It lies within a stonesthrow of the

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. The redemption of Egypt. eearliest example of the stalactite cornice. The angleformed by the meeting of two of the fapades is cutoff, and the flat surface thus introduced is united tothe proper lines of the angle so formed at the topsof the respective fa{;ades, by means of stalactites. The mosque of El-Akmar was built by the KhalifAmir bi Ahkam Illah in i i 2 5. The mosque of El-Telayeh—last of the four which belong to this period—was erected in i 160 by Telayeh ibn Rezik, thepowerful vizier of the last Khalif of the Fatimitedynasty, and restored in i 302. It lies within a stonesthrow of the Bab ez-Zuweleh, and is reached by anarrow passage which leads from the eastern side ofthe street Kasabet RadoAvan. The whole building isKnma<dPiu«r lu proccss of restoration, but the repairs of the principal from Doorway v/ ii-iT Sultan Hasan. \iyfQ;Q^ havo bceu already completed, and while i satsketching, this was being used for the purposes of prayer andteaching. Like the mosque of El-Akmar it has been greatly i. •5 oo

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