Photographic views of Itchan Kala, the inner town of the old Khiva oasis. Visible monuments are the Kalta Minor minaret (1;2), the minaret of the... Show morePhotographic views of Itchan Kala, the inner town of the old Khiva oasis. Visible monuments are the Kalta Minor minaret (1;2), the minaret of the Juma Mosque (2;13;14), the Pahlavan Darvaza and the Islam-Khodja Complex (15;16); the Alla-Quli Khan Madrasa (6-10) and the carved wooden pillars of the Tash-Khovli Palace (17-18). Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2019.0028 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25639948 BIB-ID: 2712469 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0203 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25156378 BIB-ID: 2562100 Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0203 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25156378 BIB-ID: 2562100 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Libary staff. Plate n. VI in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in Paris by... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Libary staff. Plate n. VI in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in Paris by Albert Levy. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0025-0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26815928 BIB-ID: 2854138 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Libary staff. Plate n. V in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in Paris by... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Libary staff. Plate n. V in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in Paris by Albert Levy. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0025-0005 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2681593x BIB-ID: 2854139 Show less
Title and date devised from Library staff. The negative is numbered "N° 3 Bis" on the side and "67" with white pencil on the negative. Main Heritage... Show moreTitle and date devised from Library staff. The negative is numbered "N° 3 Bis" on the side and "67" with white pencil on the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0234 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25187028 BIB-ID: 2623124 Show less
Freya Stark was an Anglo-Italian explorer and travel writer. Her father was British. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the... Show moreFreya Stark was an Anglo-Italian explorer and travel writer. Her father was British. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan. She was one of the first non-Arabs to travel through the southern Arabian Desert. In 1934, Stark sailed down the Red Sea to Aden intending to trace the frankincense route of the Hadhramaut, the hinterland of southern Arabia. She published her account of the region in three books, The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut (1936), Seen In The Hadhramaut (1938) and A Winter in Arabia (1940). The shrine in the photograph could be located either in Tarim or Seiyun. Title and date devised by Library staff. Later print. Main Heritage Office General HC.HP.2020.0022 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2611852x BIB-ID: 2745833 Show less
Women, Women--Asia, Central--Portraits, Mausoleums, Mausoleums--Uzbekistan--Photographs, Islamic architecture, Islamic architecture--Asia, Central
Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2013.0014-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21978700 BIB-ID: 2352573 Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2013.0014-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21978700 BIB-ID: 2352573 Show less
Title and date devised by library staff. Number in ink on the mount (11). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0130 2-D Graphic Item-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by library staff. Number in ink on the mount (11). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0130 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2639022x BIB-ID: 2818054 Show less
Mosque of Sultan Hassan (Cairo, Egypt), Lattice windows, Lattice windows--Cairo (Egypt)--Photographs, Mosques, Mosques--Cairo (Egypt)--Photographs, Islamic architecture
Title and date devised from Library staff. The print is signed "Lehnert & Landrock Cairo" in the negative. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016... Show moreTitle and date devised from Library staff. The print is signed "Lehnert & Landrock Cairo" in the negative. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0093-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26482022 BIB-ID: 2830549 Show less
The Djamaʽa el Djedid (الجامع الجديد) mosque in Algiers. During the French colonial rule, the mosque was called the "Mosquée de la Pêcherie" and... Show moreThe Djamaʽa el Djedid (الجامع الجديد) mosque in Algiers. During the French colonial rule, the mosque was called the "Mosquée de la Pêcherie" and in English the Mosque of the Fisherman's Wharf (Mesdjed el-Haoutin). The French photographer Alphonse de Launay was introduced to photography by Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884). He traveled in France and abroad, especially to Algeria and Spain. He was a member of the French Photographic Society. Title and date devised by Library staff. The print is numbered in the negative (46) on the lower right corner. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0035 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26123319 BIB-ID: 2745948 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 163. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0063 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953685 BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 163. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0063 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953685 BIB-ID: 2346536 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 157. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0057 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953491 BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 157. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0057 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953491 BIB-ID: 2346526 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 162. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0062 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953648 BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 162. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0062 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953648 BIB-ID: 2346533 Show less
Architecture, Architecture--Iraq, Minarets, Minarets--Iraq, History
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 156. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0056 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2195348x BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 156. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0056 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2195348x BIB-ID: 2346525 Show less
Architecture, Architecture--Iraq, British--History, British--Middle East--History--20th century
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 151. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0051 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953181 BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 151. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0051 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953181 BIB-ID: 2346513 Show less
Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh ibn al-Mustaḍīʼ bi-Amr Allāh , 1158-1225, Islamic architecture, Mausoleums, Mausoleums--Iraq, Caliphs, History
The mausoleum takes its name by Sitt Zumurrud Khatun, mother of the Abbassid Al-Nasir li-Din Allah . The tomb was built in 1199 and it is... Show moreThe mausoleum takes its name by Sitt Zumurrud Khatun, mother of the Abbassid Al-Nasir li-Din Allah . The tomb was built in 1199 and it is considered one the oldest of Baghdad. Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 152. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0052 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953314 BIB-ID: 2346518 Show less
The photograph shows the facade of a palace featuring typical Islamic architecture elements, such as the oriel windows (mashrabiya) and geometric... Show moreThe photograph shows the facade of a palace featuring typical Islamic architecture elements, such as the oriel windows (mashrabiya) and geometric wood inlays. Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0130 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24472232 BIB-ID: 2537337 Show less
The photograph shows the facade the sahn, typical courtyard of a mosque, in the Maghreb. Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage... Show moreThe photograph shows the facade the sahn, typical courtyard of a mosque, in the Maghreb. Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0131 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24472256 BIB-ID: 2537338 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0132 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24472268 BIB-ID: 2537339 Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0132 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24472268 BIB-ID: 2537339 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0133 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2447227x BIB-ID: 2537340 Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0133 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2447227x BIB-ID: 2537340 Show less