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Photograph of the city of Cairo, possibly taken by S Sarkis, Garrison Photographer for the Grenadier Guards at Kasr-El-Nil barracks, 1930 (c). The image has been taken from the fortified walls of the Citadel of Cairo (Citadel of Saladin) - a medieval Islamic fortification originally built in the thirteenth century. It was the seat of government in Egypt for nearly 700 years. Amongst the sprawling houses and other buildings, the view is dominated by the grand Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan in Salah al-Din Square. Built between 1356 and 1363 the huge structure was the most expensive mosque to be built in medieval Cairo. From an album of 203 photographs relating mainly to the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards in Egypt 1930-32’; with images of sports teams, group images at Kasr-El-Nil barracks in Cairo, local people and battalion transport. Many were taken by the Garrison photographer S Sarkis.