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Guards of the Mohhamad Ali mosque in Cairo |
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| Title: | Guards of the Mohhamad Ali mosque in Cairo |
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| Image number: | 3MA00128 |
| Author: | Märten Kross |
| Related keywords: | Cairo, sitting, entrance, book, outdoors, uniform, reading, working, guarding, guard, man, religious, mosque, Egypt, Citadel |
| Related categories: | Europe, Architectural sights, Professionals, Travel |
| Usage rights: | Advertising free |
| Description: | The Mohammad Ali (Alabaster) Mosque in the Citadel was finished in 1857 in the Ottoman style by Mohammad Ali Pasha, ruler of Egypt, and founder of the country's last dynasty of Khedives and Kings. The mosque is also the Tomb of Mohammad Ali. |