_The City of the Arabian Nights_ 257-286

Expansion of Cairo, 257—Rise of Bulak, 258—Suburban Mosques, 259—The Approach from Bulak, 260—The Thousand and One Nights redacted in Cairo, 261—The Transit Trade of Egypt, 263—Merchants’ Inns, 265—The Khan el-Khalily, 266—The Khan of Mesrur, 269—The Wekala Kusun and the Flower Market, 270—Streets and Quarters, 271—The Art of Silver Inlay, 272—Cairo Metal Work, 277—Venice, 279—Wood-carving, 281—Meshrebiya turning, 284—Characteristics of Saracenic Art, 285—Men of Letters in the Mamluk Period, 286.