and Borhan Oddin, who lived in China. Battuta then made it his purpose to find these people and give them his compliments. Sheikh Yakut was another notable figure who lived in Alexandria; the disciple of Sheikh Abu Abbas El Mursi, Abu Abbas was the author of the Hizb El Bahr and was famous for piety and miracles. Abu Abd Allah El Murshidi was a great interpreting saint that lived secluded in the Minyat of Ibn Murshed. He lived alone but was visited daily by emirs, viziers, and crowds that wished to eat with him. The Sultan of Egypt (El Malik El Nasir) visited him, as well. Ibn Battuta left Alexandria with the intent of visiting him. Ibn Battuta also visited the Pharos lighthouse on 2 occasions; in 1326 he found it to be partly in ruins and in 1349 it had deteriorated further, making entrance to the edifice impossible. Timeline The most important battles and sieges of Alexandria include: Siege of Alexandria (47 BC), Julius Caesar's civil war Battle of Alexandria (30 BC), final war of the Roman Republic Siege of Alexandria (619), Byzantine-Persian Wars Siege of Alexandria (641), Rashidun conquest of Byzantine Egypt Alexandrian Crusade (1365), a crusade led by Peter de Lusignan of Cyprus which resulted in the defeat of the Mamluks and the sack of the city. Battle of Alexandria (1801), Napoleonic Wars Siege of Alexandria (1801), Napoleonic Wars Alexandria expedition (1807), Napoleonic Wars Bombardment of Alexandria (1882), followed by the British occupation of Egypt Ancient layout Greek Alexandria was divided into three regions: Rhakotis Rhakotis (from Coptic , "Alexandria") was the old city that was absorbed into Alexandria. It was occupied chiefly by Egyptians. Brucheum Brucheum was the Royal or Greek quarter and formed the most magnificent portion of the city. In Roman times, Brucheum was enlarged by the addition of an official quarter, making four regions in all. The city was laid out as a grid of parallel streets, each of which had an attendant subterranean canal. Jewish quarter The Jewish quarter was the northeast portion of the city. Two main streets, lined with colonnades and said to have been each about wide, intersected in the centre of the city, close to the point where the Sema (or Soma) of Alexander (his Mausoleum) rose. This point is very near the present mosque of Nebi Daniel; the line of the great East–West "Canopic" street is also