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OverviewGeneral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1839 Original Publisher: J. W. Parker Subjects: Egypt History / Ancient / Egypt History / Middle East / Egypt Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Middle East Travel / Middle East / Egypt Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 33 III. DAMANHOUR. In order that we should not waste time at Alexandria, where he was forced to wait for the Pacha, Baron Taylor sent Mayer and me before him to design the mosques of that city of the Thousand and One Nights, which the Arabs call Al Misr, and the Franks Cairo. On the morning of the 2nd of May we quitted Alexandria, each mounted on a donkey, and followed by our drivers arid our servant Mohammed, who went on foot. This last-named personage was a young Nubian, vigorous, alert, and intelligent, speaking a little French, and wearing the costume of his country. This costume, one of the most simple, and at the same time one of the most picturesque, consisted of a white shirt and blue tunic, whose long sleeves were tied up and kept back by a silk cord, which formed a cross in the middle of his back. His head was covered with the tarbiish (cap), and surrounded by a white turban; he had over his shoulders the black mantle which they call abbaye; and his waist was drawn tight by a girdle, from which was suspended a dagger with an ivory handle. His head, full of expression and cleverness, was enclosed in a frame of black hair, long and flowing; his moustache eame down at both sides of his mouth, as if it had been exquisitely pencilled, and his beard, rare on Nubian faces, formed a tuft under his chin, where it terminated in a point. In addition to the donkey-drivers and the Nubian, our escort was strengthened by tw... Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alexandre DumasPublisher: General Books Imprint: General Books Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.240kg ISBN: 9781150637377ISBN 10: 1150637374 Pages: 158 Publication Date: 21 December 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |