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The procession of the Mahmal, Cairo, Egypt. The Mahmal was a pyramid of richly embroidered fabric over a wooden frame carried by a camel. It led the annual procession from the citadel of Cairo that carried a carpet or fabric covering to be laid on the Kaaba at Mecca during the Hajj. A print from Customs of the World, Volume II Hutchinson and Co, Paternoster Row, London.