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Cairo ∼ Egypt
Massacre of the Mamelukes at Cairo
Artist: Horace Vernet (French, 1789–1863)
Date: 1819
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Musée de Picardie, Picardy, France
Description
The massacre of the Mamluks at the Cairo citadel was the signal for an indiscriminate slaughter of the Mamluks throughout Egypt, orders to this effect having been transmitted to every governor. In Cairo itself the houses of the Mamluk beys were given over to the soldiery. During the two following days the Muhammad Ali Pasha and his son Tusun rode about the streets and tried to stop the atrocities; but order was not restored until 500 houses had been pillaged. The heads of the beys were sent to Istanbul.
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The architecture of Old Cairo (Egypt, 1900):
A view from the Cairo Citadel.
A view from the Mosque of Ibn Tulun.
The Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay (a funerary complex).
The Al-Ashraf Mosque.
City of the Dead necropolis in south-eastern Cairo.
The Mosque of Qanibay al-Muhammadi.
Entrance to the Qasr El Nil Bridge over the Nile.
Saladin Citadel, Cairo, Egypt: The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo, Egypt, built by Salah ad-Din and further developed by subsequent Egyptian rulers. Wikipedia
Cairo Citadel 🏰
Views of the old city from the top of Cairo Citadel
Old photos of Egypt:
1. Giza pyramid complex.
2. Cairo Citadel.
3. Coronation Square.
4. The Delta Barrage.
5. Boats on the Nile.
6. Avenue of the Pyramids (leading from Cairo).