-
Indian textiles,
primarily to Anatolia,
North Africa, and the Balkans.
Cairene merchants were
instrumental in
bringing goods to the
barren Hejaz, especially...
-
estimated 111 million
Egyptians speak a
continuum of dialects,
among which Cairene is the most prominent. It is also
understood across most of the Arabic-speaking...
-
mosques and
landmarks in the
skyline of Cairo.
Unlike the
traditional Cairene architecture that
preceded it, the
mosque was
built in an
entirely Ottoman...
- "Damascene" ****s
after their attribution to Damascus, Syria. However, a
Cairene origin was
established after some
fragments of ****s in this
style were...
- sack of
Baghdad and the
execution of
Caliph Al-Musta'sim in 1258,
these Cairene Caliphs had
resided in
Cairo as
nominal rulers used to
legitimize the actual...
-
appeared in literature. In particular, the
Arabian Nights tale of "Ali the
Cairene and the
Haunted House in Baghdad"
revolves around a
house haunted by jinn...
-
rulers used to
legitimize the
actual rule of the
Mamluk sultans. All the
Cairene Abbasid caliphs who
preceded or
succeeded Al-Musta'in were
spiritual heads...
- Annunciation. 17th century,
Museo del Prado,
depicting an
Ottoman Cairene ****
Ottoman Cairene ****, 16th century,
Museum für
angewandte Kunst Frankfurt...
- as
Sultan of Egypt,
albeit for only six
months in 1412. All the
other Cairene caliphs who
preceded or
succeeded him were
spiritual heads lacking any...
-
featured in the 9th-century
Arabian Nights (such as the tale of Ali the
Cairene and the
Haunted House in Baghdad).
Renaissance magic took a
revived interest...
