Cairo : histories of a city / Nezar AlSayyad.
Cairo : histories of a city / Nezar AlSayyad.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard Universitry Press, 2011.
Date
2011.
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N720.96216/2
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English
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Physical content
xix, 325 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Preamble : reading and writing Cairo -- Memphis : the first Cairo -- From ancient Egypt to the Coptic enclave -- Fustat-Misr : the city of Arab Islam -- Al-Qahira : a Fatimid palatial town -- Fortress Cairo : from Salah Al-Din to the Pearl Tree -- The Bahri Mamluks : the city of the slave sultans --...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard Universitry Press, 2011.
Edition
1st ed.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2011.
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Cairo : histories of a city / Nezar AlSayyad.
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Histories of a city.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-312) and index.
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N720.96216/2
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74VvqeG3GgvA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvqeG3GgvA
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ISBN
0674047869 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780674047860 (hbk. : alk. paper) :
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720.96216
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991006376169702626
