Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers . nts. Within the last few years numerousstrikes have taken place among the students in consequence of thealleged misappropriation of the endowments by government. The incomeis now ^E 28,900 in cash annually, besides 25,000 loaves of bread daily,representing an annual addition of £E 18,250. The principal entrance (PI. 1), where strangers receive a guide,is on the side, and is called Bah el-Muzaiyinin, or Gate of theBarbers, because the students used to have their heads shaved the right of this is the Mesgid Taibarsiyeh (PL 8), with a ma
Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers . nts. Within the last few years numerousstrikes have taken place among the students in consequence of thealleged misappropriation of the endowments by government. The incomeis now ^E 28,900 in cash annually, besides 25,000 loaves of bread daily,representing an annual addition of £E 18,250. The principal entrance (PI. 1), where strangers receive a guide,is on the side, and is called Bah el-Muzaiyinin, or Gate of theBarbers, because the students used to have their heads shaved the right of this is the Mesgid Taibarsiyeh (PL 8), with a magni-ficent mihrab, or prayer-recess, of 1309, and to the left are theoffice of the steward (PL 9), in a restored mausoleum, and theZdwiyet el-lbtighawtyeh (PL 10), now used as a library and contain-ing some rare MSS. The long archway (PL 7), ending in a portal added by KaVt Bey(by whom the adjacent minaret also was built), leads directly intothe large Sahn el- Gdmi, or mosque-court, enclosed by an arcade its Side Streets. CAIRO. 4. Route. 57. After Herz-Bet/. Gates : 1. Bdb el-Muzaiijinin (gate of the bai-hers), on the W.; 2. Bdh el-Qdhargiiieh (gate of the jewellers), on the N.; 3. Bdb es/i-Shorbeh (soupgate), on the , 4. Bdb es-Sadideh (gate of the Upper Egyptians); 5. Bdbesft-zSAauwdwi (gate of the Syrians); 6. Bdb el-Maghdrbeh (gate of the North West Africans), these three on the Archwait. S. Mesgid (mosque) Taibarsii/eh. 9. Stewards of/ice. 10. Zdwiyetfl-Ibtighdw!veh (library). — LIwan el-Gami% now the principal hall forinstruction. — 11. of Abd er-Rahman Kihya. 12. Dome infront of the old prayer-niche. 13. Tomb ofAbd er-Rahman. 14. ZdwiyetOdhargiyeh. 15. Sebil. 16. Court of Ablutions, with Meida in the centreand latrines all round. — 17-27. Riwaks (or rooms for study). 17. Riwdlcel-Atrdk (Turks from N. provinces of the empire)-, 18. Jiiwdk el-Maghdrbeh(, Africans); 19. .Staircase to tlie Itiwdk eth-Shauwdm (Syrians); to the
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