Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe: Bulletins. Cairo

"In December 1881 the Khedive Tawfiq established a committee responsible for the preservation of Islamic and Coptic monuments in Egypt. As a body within the Ministry of Awqaf (charitable endowments) it was an Egyptian institution, although also known by its French title, Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe...In December 1881 the Khedive Tawfiq established a committee responsible for the preservation of Islamic and Coptic monuments in Egypt. As a body within the Ministry of Awqaf (charitable endowments) it was an Egyptian institution, although also known by its French title, Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe..."