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Wf1/4624(4)
- Record Id:
- 040-003302692
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003302688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x001587
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Wf1/4624(4)
- Title:
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Tombs in the Southern Cemetery. Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative.
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography
'This view is taken on the south-east of the Citadel of Cairo, and the spectator is looking in a north-west direction. Immediately before him is a group of sepulchral mosques and dome-crowned tombs, which stand on the verge of the great sandy plain that stretches away for a distance of between two or three miles southwards, and extends from the base of the Mukattam range of mountains to the town of Masr el-'Ateekah (Old Cairo). It has been used as a vast burial ground ever since the invasion of Egypt by the Muslims, A.D. 638, and is still the favourite resting- place of the citizens of Cairo ... Beyond the tombs (some of which are not mere tombs, but sepulchral mosques) lies the poor and ruinous suburb, outside the city wall, called 'The Quarter of 'Arab el-Yesar.' In the troublous times of Mohammed 'Alee's accession to the Pashalic of Egypt, and those immediately preceding, it was the scene of constant irruptions, being ill-defended, and not well commanded by the Citadel, which towers above it.' With the Muhammad Ali Pasha Mosque in the background.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003302688
040-003302692 - Is part of:
- Wf1/4624 : Lower Egypt and Thebes. By F. Frith. Photographer(s): Frith, Francis
Wf1/4624(4) : Tombs in the Southern Cemetery. Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003302688[0004]/040-003302692
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Wf1/4624
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1858
- Date Range:
- c 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 157 mm x 224 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898
- Subjects:
- Architectural Styles
Architectural Types
Architecture
Cemeteries
Islamic Architecture
Mosques
Muhammad Ali Pasha Mosque (Cairo)
Religious Buildings
Tombs and Sepulchral Monuments - Places:
- Cairo, Egypt