My father was Solari bey, who had the House of the Cedars near the cemetery in Pera.
"Command"
William McFee
In the 7th century Mosque of Amru and that of Ibn Touloun, dating from the 9th century, both at Cairo, the earlier phases of the style can be studied, whilst the later development is illustrated in the same city by the 13th century Mosque of Kalaoon, the 14th century Mosque of Sultan Hassan, that has the rare feature in a Mahommedan building of a cruciform plan, the contemporaneous Mosque of Sultin Barkook, and the small 15th century Mosque of Kait-bey, the last specially noteworthy on account of its beautiful internal decoration and its graceful minaret.
"Architecture"
Nancy R E Meugens Bell
Tournai, 19 July, 1848. Went to Cairo and became a bey.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler