The Palace of Princess Nemat Kamal Al-Din
A couple blocks from the Casdagli palace, in the Garden City district of Cairo, lies the palace of Princess Nematullah Kamal El Dine, wife of Prince Kemal El Dine Hussein, and daughter of the Khedive Tewfik. The palace, restored and renamed Qasr al-Tahrir (Liberation Palace) but amputated of its garden which became part of the now-famous Tahrir square, now belong to the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Click here for a slideshow.
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Bottom line: the Casdagli family did not only purchase horses from Egyptian royals, they were also their neighbors.
Point made!
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