Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus: . Him. And peace be on themessengers and praise unto God the Lord of theworlds. O God, he gracions unto Mohammed, andMohammeds family, and bless Mohammed and hisfamily even according to the best of Thy favour andgrâce and blessing upon Abraham and his Thou art glorious and to be praised. Of the history of the Mosque after Ahmads timesome notices are preserved. His suburb Katai,which contained not only his Mosque but also hisvast palace and parade ground, was burned in 905;and as the surrounding locality became more andmore deserted, the Mosque itse
Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus: . Him. And peace be on themessengers and praise unto God the Lord of theworlds. O God, he gracions unto Mohammed, andMohammeds family, and bless Mohammed and hisfamily even according to the best of Thy favour andgrâce and blessing upon Abraham and his Thou art glorious and to be praised. Of the history of the Mosque after Ahmads timesome notices are preserved. His suburb Katai,which contained not only his Mosque but also hisvast palace and parade ground, was burned in 905;and as the surrounding locality became more andmore deserted, the Mosque itself sufïered fromneglect. The second of the Fatimide Caliphs is saidto hâve replaced the fountain, which, as we hâveseen, was burned soon after its érection; but thedésolation of the région reached its climax duringthe long reign of the Fatimide Mustansir, and theMosque came to be used as a resting-place for Moor-ish caravans on their way to Mecca, who stabled theircamels in the cloisters. Its use as a hostel was coun- [20]. ^^^ IN A CAIRENE STREET. CAIRO BEFORE THE FATIMIDES tenanced by the Egyptian rulers of the twelfth cen-tury, who even provided food for those who made îttheir resting-place; such persons were also declaredfree from the ordinary tribunals, and told to appointa judge of their own to settle any quarrels that mightarise. Systematîc restoratîon was efïected by the Mame-luke Sultan Lajin, who, after murdering his masterin the year 1294, ^^^^ refuge in the then desolateMosque, and there vowed that, if he escaped his pur-suers and eventually came to power, he would restoreit. Two years later, being raised to the throne ofEgypt, he was in a position to fulfîl his promise; towhich pious object he devoted a sum of about tenthousand pounds. He rebuilt the fountain in thecentre of the court, turning it into a lavatory for thecérémonial ablution, and his building still remains;he provided a handsome mimbar or pulpit, of whichsome panels hâve found their way
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