The season in Cairo: January crowds even bigger and smarter
Egypt during WW1: Cavalry parade along a Cairo street. The Bystander jovially reports as if they are present for the holiday season, " The fact that Egypt is a seat of war, in a congenial climate and picturesque setting, has attracted to it thousands of quite the best people". Inset, the then-new Sultan of Egypt Hussein Kamel(1853-1917)arriving at Abdin Palace on the day of his accession
Picture No
10809725
Media ID
46099323
Size
3848px x 5788px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photographs on a page in The Bystander', 20 January 1915, page 69
Date
1915
