The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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... mosques . On all sides is the desert , which gives the town a fascinating and fan- tastic appearance . It was originally the capital of the Songhai Empire , which was overrun by the Moors in 1482 ; the mosques date from the eleventh ...
... mosques . On all sides is the desert , which gives the town a fascinating and fan- tastic appearance . It was originally the capital of the Songhai Empire , which was overrun by the Moors in 1482 ; the mosques date from the eleventh ...
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... Mosques There are over five hundred mosques in Cairo , two or three of them very remarkable . Al - Muaiyad , the red mosque , finished in 1422 and restored in the nineteenth century , has panels of coloured marble , blue glass windows ...
... Mosques There are over five hundred mosques in Cairo , two or three of them very remarkable . Al - Muaiyad , the red mosque , finished in 1422 and restored in the nineteenth century , has panels of coloured marble , blue glass windows ...
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... mosques . Here all sorts of petty profes- sions are exercised . You may see a row of public scribes , who write letters and make seals all day long for anybody who cares to employ them . Written Turkish is a kind of shorthand , and ...
... mosques . Here all sorts of petty profes- sions are exercised . You may see a row of public scribes , who write letters and make seals all day long for anybody who cares to employ them . Written Turkish is a kind of shorthand , and ...
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INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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