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Aleppo, window over entrance at Khan al-Sabun
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 ...
Alexandrie. Mos[quée] Nabédémiane, Alexandria. Mosque of El-Nabi Daniel
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, ...
Algiers, Djamaa el Djedid
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 ...
Angle de la cour à gauche de la Mosquée, Left angle of the courtyard of a Mosque
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
Architecture portfolio
The portfolio houses photographs of Cairo, including the Tombs of the Caliphs and Mamluks, and interior and exterior views of the mosques of Qaitbay, of al-Maridani, of Sultan Hassan, of Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay, and the mosques of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad and of Sultan Barquq., Title from item, date devi ...
Córdoba. Vista interior del Mihrab o Santuario de la Mezquita, Córdoba. Inside view of the mihrab or sanctuary of the Mezquita
The image shows the addition to the Great Mosque ordered by the Umayyad caliph al-Hakam II (961-976 CE)., Title from the item. Date devised by Library staff. The photograph is captioned, numbered (2160) and signed (J. Laurent y Cia Madrid. / Es propiedad. Déposé)., Main Heritage Compact General, H ...
The Court of the Myrtles in Alhambra
Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2018.0203, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25156378, BIB-ID: 2562100
The courtyard of a mosque
The 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
Damas. Dervicherie, Dervish Mosque in Damascus
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
Damas Mosquée de la Dervicherie (Tekyeh), Dervish Mosque in Damascus (Tekkiye)
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 ...
Echope quartier de Fostat, Shop in Fustat
Title and date from item. Slides housed in a plastic sheet captioned by the author. Catalogue 3, sleeve 1. Transparency 8., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2019.0085, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25857071, BIB-ID: 2749267
Egypte. Bôulâk, carrefour (mosquée, café), Egypt. Boulaq, street view (mosque, cafe)
Title and date from item. Inscribed under the plate "Imp. Phot. de H. de Fonteny et Cie .[ait] en 1851. Paris, r. St. Nicolas d'Antin, 72" and "Publié par Goupil et Cie. éditeurs. Paris, Londres ; Berlin, New York". Plate n. 42 in "Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour ...