Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0009-0002, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26364815, BIB-ID: 2814924, See Hannavy, J. (2008). Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography. New York: Routledge, p. 975.

The map is based on a 19th century commercially produced British map of Arabia (likely circa 1870 or earlier). The slide has been altered by painting over the areas showing Africa, Persia, and the Levant. The area left shows Arabia and the British mandate in Iraq though it excludes British Mandatory ...

The importance of the Maqām is stated in the Quran, Sura II, verse 125: "And when We made the House (at Makka) a resort for mankind and sanctuary, (saying): Take as your place of worship the place where Abraham stood (to pray). And We imposed a duty upon Abraham and Ishmael, (saying): Purify My hou ...

The photograph depicts a marketscene in Ottoman Turkey countryside; in the foreground two nonMuslim women. The photograph was possibly taken by Sébah & Joaillier or Abdullah Fréres studios., Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered 316., Main Heritage Compact General ...

Title from item. Date devised by Libary staff., Plate n. XI 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.2013.0025-0011, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i23866779, BIB-ID: 2537431

The photograph shows pilgrims in Mecca gathering in the courtyard of the Masjid al-Haram around the Kaaba. The image is likely to be a reproduction of a famous plate in the" Bilder aus Mekka" by Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje., Title, date and author devised by library staff., Main Heritage Compact Gen ...

Title and date devised by library staff. The photograph is signed "G. Berggren" and numbered (325) in the negative. Number in ink on the mount (113)., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0053-0128, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2638985x, BIB-ID: 2818017

Photograph showing the Kabaa and the Kiswah., Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0233-0002, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2494449x, BIB-ID: 2668471

Photograph taken with the Express Détective Nadar camera, one of the first portable photographic tools, by the French photographer Paul Nadar who, between August and November 1890, embarked on a trip across Europe and Asia to Turkestan following the ancient silk route. He acted as an early photojou ...

Miniatures depicting local people and working scenes, with motifs of different castes or trades. Paintings show typical tools and differences in costumes. Indian artists produced these series to show India in a comprehendible manner to the western eye, presenting local folk life in an aesthetic way. ...

The photograph shows two women sitting on a carpet while embroidering and sewing., Title and date devised by Library staff. Photographer stamp "Editions Mars. Photo Flandrin, Casablanca" on the back of the print., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0011-0022, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2370620x, ...