The district in Cairo where European merchants and consular agents reside — a small enclave of familiar faces set inside a much larger, foreign city.
Description
The district in Cairo where European merchants and consular agents reside — a small enclave of familiar faces set inside a much larger, foreign city. European faces are ordinary here, drawing none of the attention they might elsewhere in Cairo. The quarter closes its gates nightly, with watchmen carrying lanterns making their rounds after dark — a marker of both its self-contained order and the city’s own division between districts. The Auberge du Muski sits just beyond its edge, three streets into the neighbouring Muski.
Notable Features
- Nightly gate closures — the quarter shuts itself off after dark, patrolled by watchmen with lanterns.
- European faces are ordinary here — a contrast with the rest of Cairo, where the party draws more notice.
- Home ground for the resident merchant and consular community — the counterpart, in Cairo, to Alexandria’s Frank quarter around the Locanda del Leone.
- Krikor Bedrossian’s house — two rooms, three streets from the Auberge du Muski. An Armenian forwarding agent who books passage east across the desert to Suez. The party’s route out of Egypt runs through his table. Open during Eid, because the Armenian church keeps its own calendar.
Connections
- Cairo — the city.
- The Muski — adjacent district; the market lane runs from the Frank houses toward the great bazaars.
- Auberge du Muski — the party’s base, close by though technically within the Muski itself.
Appearances
Connections
People
Location of
- Krikor Bedrossian NPC neutralKeeps a two-room office three streets from the Auberge du Muski; open through Eid because the Armenian church keeps its own calendar1 session: The Cairo Interlude
Places
Borders
- The Muski Location neutralRuns from the Frank houses toward the great bazaars; the Auberge du Muski sits three streets into it1 session: The Cairo Interlude
Has part
- Auberge du Muski Location neutralThree streets into the Muski, within the Frank Quarter properThe Auberge sits three streets into the neighbouring Muski, within reach of the Frank Quarter proper1 session: The Cairo Interlude
Part of
- Cairo Location neutralThe district of Cairo where European merchants and consular agents resideThe district where European merchants and consular agents reside1 session: The Cairo Interlude