Details

Subject(s)

• Islamic antiquities—Egypt—Cairo—Maps [Browse]
• Historic sites—Egypt—Cairo—Maps [Browse]
• Historic buildings—Egypt—Cairo—Maps [Browse]
• Egypt (Cairo)—Maps [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Maps [Browse]

Linking notes

Companion booklet to: Index to Mohammedan monuments appearing on the special 1:5000 scale maps of Cairo. Originally published in 1951 by the Survey of Egypt. "Reprinted by authority of the Egyptian Association of Friends of Antiquity."

Notes

• Relief shown by hachures.
• Sheets 1 and 2 of copy 1 are joined to form one map.
• Buildings and tombs for six periods, shown by colors: Pre-Abbasid and Tulunid period: 212-292 A.H. (827- 904 A.D.) ; Faṭimid and Faṭimid periods: 358-567 A.H. (969-1171 A.D.) ; Aiyūbid period: 567-648 A.H. (1171-1250 A.D. ); Baḥrite Mameluke period: 648-784 A.H. (1250-1382 A.D.) ; Circassian Mameluke period: 784-923 A.H. (1382-1517 A.D.) ; Turkish period: 923-1265 A.H. (1517-1848 A.D.) ; Post Turkish period: 1265-1364 A.H. (1848-1945 A.D.).
• Monuments are numbered on the map to agree with the official plates posted on their sites given by the Antiquities Department of Egypt.

Language note

In English.

Source acquisition

Gift from: Gerald Breese; 1977.

Other format(s)

Online version available via the Princeton University Libraries Digital Maps & Geospatial Data website.

OCLC

1340438312

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