Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . of Baghdad(see above), and fell a victim to disease in Syria in 8S4. According to one legend the mosque occupies the spot where Abrahamsacrificed the goat (kebsh) instead of his son, whence the appellationKalat el-Kebsh (, castle of the goat1). Another legend points to thisas the spot where Noahs ark ran aground on the 10th Moharrem(p. 236), although the. Muslims generally believe that this event took placeon Mt. Judi near Mosul in Syria (see p. 1431. According to a thirdtradition th
Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . of Baghdad(see above), and fell a victim to disease in Syria in 8S4. According to one legend the mosque occupies the spot where Abrahamsacrificed the goat (kebsh) instead of his son, whence the appellationKalat el-Kebsh (, castle of the goat1). Another legend points to thisas the spot where Noahs ark ran aground on the 10th Moharrem(p. 236), although the. Muslims generally believe that this event took placeon Mt. Judi near Mosul in Syria (see p. 1431. According to a thirdtradition the name is derived from the winding staircase which ascendsthe still existing minaret (see below) in the form of a twisted rams horn. The construction of the edifice, which, as Makrizi informs us 266 Routt 3. CAIRO. GdmV ibn Tulnn- i p. 20J i. was designed l>\ a Christian in imitation of the Kak-i atupicd two jears. Contrary to the practice followed inthe case of earlier mosques, the whole of the building was con-Btructed of entirely new materials. The walls consist of brick,coated with ? 2 Hambar. :!. Dlkkeli. i. Kursi. 5. Railinliill ui which fell in 1875), separatin th I iwan el-Gamir (sanc-6 Hanefiyeh. 1. Latrines. 8. SJkiyen. lo. faved path . Garni ibn Tulun. CAIRO. 3. Route. 267 The Entrance (PI. a) to the mosque is on the E. side, and wereach the interior by traversing the S. part of the Liwan. Themosque originally had two entrances from each of the three outercourts (see Plan). The Sarin el-Gamv\ which we first enter, is aspacious quadrangle, 99 yds. square. The dome-covered structure(PI. 6) in the centre was destined to be the tomb of the founder;but, as he died in Syria (see p. 265), it was fitted up as a Hanefi-yeh, or basin for ablution before prayer, and still serves that purpose. On the N., W., and S. sides of the court of the mosque runarcades, which were at one time converted into cells for the recep-tion of paupers and cripples. The charac
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