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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
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 ...
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 ...
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 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
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