Postcards depicting the interior and exterior of Muhammad Ali Mosque, Cairo.

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Description
Muhammad Ali was the de facto ruler of Egypt from 1803 to 1848. He commissioned the mosque in Cairo between 1830 and 1848 in memory of his eldest son. The Ottoman-style mosque was built from limestone and alabaster.
Creator
Lehnert and Landrock
Spatial Coverage
Cairo
Egypt
Identifier
MS 215 Add 1
Format
Postcard
Resource class
Still Image