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ʿAbdīn | district, Cairo, Egypt

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district, Cairo, Egypt

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history of Cairo

  • Pyramids of Giza, southwest of Cairo, Egypt.

    In Cairo: Development of the city

    …Al-Azbakiyyah (with its large park), ʿAbdīn, and Ismāʿīliyyah—all now central zones of contemporary Cairo. By the end of the 19th century these districts were well-developed, but with the beginning of British rule of Egypt in 1882 they were transformed into a colonial enclave.

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