The City of the Caliphs A Popular Study of Cairo and Its Environs and the Nile and Its Antiquities

by Eustace A Reynolds-Ball

Cairo has for centuries been the home of Oriental magnificence and despotism, and still, though fallen from its high estate, it ranks as one of the most typical and picturesque-as well as the wickedest - of Mohammedan cities, while its mingling of Oriental luxury and laissez faire with Occidental bustle and commercial activity, give it a curiously cosmopolitan character. Its manifold aspects of commerce, history, art, and social life are described...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631828371
• ISBN13: 9781631828379
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Lushena Books
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"