01955cam a22002657a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020001800062040002300080082002400103100002800127245013000155250004900285260006200334300004800396500095200444650003101396650005401427650005601481650001501537650002401552651004301576700002801619710004201647OSt20240530110423.0120516s2011    ua afo f      000 0deng d  a9789774165238  aEG-CaGPLcEG-CaGPL04221a916.216bCC/D S1 aDobrowolska, Agnieszka.14aThe Sultan's fountain :ban imperial story of Cairo, Istanbul, and Amsterdam /cAgnieszka Dobrowolska, Jarosław Dobrowolski.  aA Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo ed.  aCairo ;aNew York :bAmerican University in Cairo,c2011.  axiii, 182 p. :bchiefly col. ill. ;c24 cm.  aThe small sabil-kuttab (a charitable foundation particular to Cairo that combines a public water dispensary with a Quranic school) built in 1760 opposite the venerated Sayida Zeinab Mosque is almost unique in Cairo: it is one of only two dedicated by a reigning Ottoman sultan, and - astonishingly - it is decorated inside with blue-and-white tiles from Amsterdam depicting happy scenes from the Dutch countryside.  Why did the sultan, Mustafa III, cloistered in his Istanbul palace, decide to build a sabil in Cairo?  Why did he choose this site for it?  How did it come to be adorned with Dutch tiles?  What were the connections between Cairo, Istanbul, and Amsterdam in the middle of the eighteenth century?  The authors answer these questions and many more in this entertaining and beautifully illustrated history of an extraordinary building, describing also the recent conservation efforts to preserve it for posterity. - Inside front cover. 0aDrinking fountainszEgypt. 0aIslamic architecturezEgyptzCairoy18th century. 0aIslamic architecturexConservation and restoration. 0aDelftware. 0aIslamic artzEgypt. 0aCairo (Egypt)xDescription and travel.1 aDobrowolski, Jarosław.2 aNederlands-Vlaams Instituut in Cairo.