Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is stamped with the collector stamp (C. Drächsler - Wien) and captioned in German on the verso of the print. The photograph is numbered 444 on the recto with a manuscript inscription., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0022-0004, 2-D G ...

The photograph names major landmarks that are visible. From the left: Jami' al-Utrush, Ashrafiyye, Jami' al-'Adiliyya, Jami' al-Bahramiyya, Bab Antakiyya and Jami' al-Rumi., Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is stamped with the collector stamp (C. Drächsler - Wien) and caption ...

Khan al-Wazir is located between the Citadel and the Great Mosque. A portion of it was demolished during the French Mandate while the wide street in front of it was created according to the traditional urban fabric. This khan is one of the largest ones in Aleppo. It follows a traditional plan with m ...

Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is stamped with the collector stamp (C. Drächsler - Wien) and captioned in German on the verso of the print., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0022-0003, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24491883, BIB-ID: 2619540

The Halawiyya Madrasa sits on the site of Aleppo's great Byzantine cathedral, which dated to the fifth century AD. The cathedral was converted to a mosque in 1124. The Masjid al-Sarrajin, as it had been called - was soon after converted to a madrasa, located immediately west of the Umayyad Mosque ...

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 ...

The photograph shows a man with a donkey in front of a mausoleum., Title from item, date devised., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0155, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24474253, BIB-ID: 2537294

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 ...