Al-Sabun Khan, located in al-Madina bazaar, was built by the Mamluk Sultanate representative, Prince Izdamer in the late 15th century. The khan is unique in its intricate ornamentation, both geometric and organic. It is a preserved example of the detailed craftsmanship of the traditional Aleppine bu ...
Girault de Prangey's daguerreotypes, taken during his photographic excursion around the eastern Mediterranean in 1842, are the earliest surviving photographs depicting Egypt and the Middle East. Three years later, in 1845, he was back in France with almost one thousand daguerreotypes. Out of these, ...
The 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 photograp ...
Title from item. Date devised by Libary staff. Prints have the stamp "Résidence Générale de France au Maroc - Service des antiquités, beaux-arts & monuments historiques"., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0009-0009, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i23689924, BIB-ID: 2523603
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, numbered (2) and signed (S. Hakim) in the negative., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0019-0006, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2449818x, BIB-ID: 2621568
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, numbered (30) and signed (S. Hakim) in the negative., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0019-0003, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24498154, BIB-ID: 2621565
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is captioned in pencil on the verso of the print., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0072-0012, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2449852x, BIB-ID: 2621589
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is captioned in pencil on the verso of the print., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0072-0013, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24498555, BIB-ID: 2621590
View of the mosque complex of Tekkiye Mosque, on the banks of the Barada River. The last was built on the ruins of Qasr al-Ablaq by the Ottoman Sultan Süleyman I or Sulayman al-Qanuni between 1554 and 1560., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, numbered (404) an ...
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is captioned in pencil on the verso of the print., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0072-0010, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24498452, BIB-ID: 2621587
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is captioned in pencil on the verso of the print., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0072-0011, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24498506, BIB-ID: 2621588
