*The Red Cross Series: modified to “The Red Cross Library Series” in the second edition.*Heluan: now more commonly spelled as Helwan.*the young Khedive: Abbas Helmy II (1874-1944, r. 1892-1914), the last Khedive of Egypt, who was eighteen years old at the time of publication of this book in 1895. “The Khedivieh,” feminine form of the word Khedive, refers to his mother Emina Elhamy (1858-1931).*dahabieh: a type of passenger boat traditionally used on the Nile River. The name derives from the Arabic noun dhahabiyya that signifies “golden one” in feminine form. Compare with the illustra-tion of a dahabieh boat on p. 7.The Dahabeah (sic) (Fairholt 1862: 79)1
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