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Muhammad Ali - Firman of Appointment as Pasha of Egypt
Translation of the firman issued by the Ottoman sultan in 1840, contributed by C. R. Pennell, National University of Singapore; from Don Mabry's Historical Text Archive.
http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=15
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Muhammad Ali's Tax Inspectors
From the Chronicles of al-Jabarti, contributed by C. R. Pennell, National University of Singapore; from Don Mabry's Historical Text Archive.
http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=14
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Declaration Between the United Kingdom and France Respecting Egypt and Morocco, Together with the Secret Articles Signed at the Same Time
Text of these documents, signed in London on 8 April 1904; from Don Mabry's Historical Text Archive.
http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=11
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Alexandria Library, a True Successor of its Ancient Namesake
Essay by Mohamed Sid-Ahmed, who discusses conditions necessary for the Alexandria Library to be a worthy successor to its ancient namesake; from ArabicNews.com.
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/010522/2001052239.html
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Francis Frith (1822-1898)
Brief biography of Frith, and checklist, index, and thumbnails of photographs taken during Frith's three photographic expeditions to Egypt, 1856-1860; from George Eastman House.
http://www.geh.org/fm/frith/htmlsrc/frith-intro.html
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Egypt: A Brief History
A concise illustrated history of Egypt from earliest times to the present day; by Ami Isseroff, at MidEast Web.
http://www.mideastweb.org/egypthistory.thm
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An Early Traveller in Egypt
Brief excerpts and three illustrations from Charles Dana Gibson's account published in McClure's Magazine under the title "Sketches in Egypt" (1898); from Logoi.com.
http://www.logoi.com/notes/egypt_travel.html
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Thebes Photographic Project
Tom Van Eynde's photographs recording the architecture and landscape of Egypt are shot and printed to evoke romantic Victorian times; from the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/TVE_TPP/TVE_TPP.html
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Sheik Hassan Maamoun
Biography, photographs, and other information on Sheik Hassan Maamoun, who served Egypt as head of the Supreme Islamic Jurisprudence Court, El Mofti of the Republic, member of Parliament during the years of El Wehda (unification) with Syria, and as 44th
http://hassanmaamoun.tripod.com
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Grand Imams of Al-Azhar
A brief history of Al-Azhar as university, institution for the teachings of Sunni Islam, and umbrella organization precedes a listing of all Grand Imams, from 1690 to the present, many with accompanying photographs.
http://www.sunnah.org/history/Scholars/mashaykh_azhar.htm
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