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Egypt, Cairo, Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun, mihrab of al-Afdal Shahanshah with a Kufic inscription mentioning the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir
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Title: Egypt, Cairo, Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun, mihrab of al-Afdal Shahanshah with a Kufic inscription mentioning the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir
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