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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1906 Excerpt: ... INDEX Aauputh and the tombs of the Kings, 207 Abani Pasha: Minister for War, 23 Opinions regarding Fashoda, 334 Abbas Hilmi, Khedive of Egypt: at Home, 116 Attitude towards England, 108-110 Building operations at Cairo, 115 Cotton fields of, 118-119 Court Etiquette, m-112 Dahabeah of, on the Nile, 122 Daily Life of, 110 Declared of Age by Tewfik, 107 Family of, 132 et seq. Ismail's meeting with, and request to, 104 Lands of, 116 Opinions on King Edward VII., 123 on Monogamy, 147, Sir Reginald Wingate, 270-271, Woman in Egypt, 146 Palaces of, 125-128 Policy of, 128-129 Ponies of, 126 Railway from Alexandria to Cairo, 112114, 125 Religion of, 128 i% School of, 117, 118'" Abbas Pasha, Steamer, 303, 304, 308 Abbas, Sultan, 94 Abd er Rasul Ahmad, robber of the Royal Tombs, 20;-208 Abdine Palace, III, 116 Abdou, Sheik Mahomed, late Grand Moufti of Egypt: Death of, 157 on Administration and Justice, 161-162., Public Instruction, 158-161 Abel, M., of Zurich, engineer, 28 Abou Zabad, prison of, 120 Abu Hamed, in the Desert, baths at, 243 Abu Simbel: Stopping-place for steamers, 234 Temple of, 239 Abydos, Temples of, 239 Abyssinia: Ismail's war against--1st Expedition, 98-100; 2nd Expedition, IOC-IOI Achmet, Prince Ibrahim, Marriage of, 135 Administration, late Grand Moufti on, 161-162 Agricultural Bank, The: Establishment of, 52 Loans at 7 per cent, to the Peasants, 197 Ahmed, Mahomed (El Madhi el Muntazer): Revolt of the Sudanese under, 253-257 Settlement at Omdurman, 257 Tomb of, see Mahdi's Tomb Aird & Co., Messrs., receive Contract for the Assouam Dam, 52 Alabaster Mosque, The, containing Tomb of Mohamed Ali, 82 Aleppo, Turks routed by Ibrahim at, 10 Alexander, Rev. Dr., Director of American Mission at Assiout, 194 Alexander the Great: Founder of Alexandria, 2...
