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Cairo to Constantinople: Early Photographs of the Middle East : The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
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FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)

Mosque of Mehemet Ali [Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Cairo]

8 March 1862

RCIN 2700861

The Prince spent a few days in Cairo before travelling along the Nile. The royal party were taken to visit the Mosque of Muhammad Ali (r. 1805 – 48), who was the founder of the dynasty ruling the country at that time. The Mosque, only completed in 1857, remains one of the most prominent landmarks in the city even today. Acquired by the Prince of Wales, 1862
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