[The Citadel and the Mosque of Mohammed Ali, Cairo], 1870s, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 20.2 x 26.8 cm (7 15/16 x 10 9/16 in.), Photographs, Unknown, This mosque represents just one of the many projects commenced by Muhammad cAli, the energetic governor of Egypt under the Ottoman sultans from 1805 to 1848. The site for the mosque is in the Mamluk citadel of Cairo, developed in the fourteenth century, where it replaced the badly damaged palace of the sultan al-Nasir Muhammad
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Citadel, Mosque, Mohammed Ali, Cairo, 1870s, Albumen silver print, glass negative, 20.2 x 26.8 cm, 7 15/16 10 9/16, Photographs, Unknown, mosque, represents, projects commenced, Muhammad cAli, energetic governor, Egypt under, Ottoman sultans, 1805, 1848, site, Mamluk citadel, developed, fourteenth century, replaced, badly damaged, palace, sultan al-Nasir, Muhammad
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