Hasso Bros., Baghdad, Iraq, (publisher.), Architecture, Architecture--Iraq, Mosques, Mosques--Iraq, City and town life, City and town life--Iraq, Antiquities, Social life and customs, DS70.65 .K47 1923
Sepia-colored reproductions of photographs showing people and places in Iraq in the early 1920s. Includes waterfront, market, and street scenes in... Show moreSepia-colored reproductions of photographs showing people and places in Iraq in the early 1920s. Includes waterfront, market, and street scenes in Basrah, Baghdad, and Mosul; aerial views; bridges; mosques and minarets; tombs and shrines; the Shiite holy shrine of Kāẓimīyah; and the ruins of Babylon. Other images portray the peoples of Iraq in portraits and scenes of everyday life, including a Bedouin and his wife, a sheikh "enjoying the famous Arab coffee," a Jewish family, women washing clothes on the banks of the Tigris, children, a mullah teaching, a Kurdish tribesman, and Assyrian mountaineers. Letterpress description accompanies each plate. Album bound in imitation crocodile skin with gold lettering stamped on cover and printed by Rotophot A.G. of Berlin. Photographs attributed to A. Kerim. The photographer is identified as Abdulkarim in the introduction by Dr. Jawdat al-Qazwini to a reprint of the album: Iraq: images from the past. London: Alwarrak Publishing Ltd., 2003. Main Heritage Shelves General DS70.65 .K47 1923 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i15538096 BIB-ID: 1008590 Show less
The 11th-century AH/17th-century CE shrine in Qadamgah, probably commissioned by the Safavid king Abbas the Great. Title from item, date devised by... Show moreThe 11th-century AH/17th-century CE shrine in Qadamgah, probably commissioned by the Safavid king Abbas the Great. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "برادران کاشانی" and "Inscription Joint Stock Company". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0049 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825557 BIB-ID: 2854678 Show less
The mausoleum of Imamzadeh Hossein, son of the 8th Imam Ali al-Rida built in Qazvin by Tahmasp I, the second shah of Safavid Iran from 930 AH/1524... Show moreThe mausoleum of Imamzadeh Hossein, son of the 8th Imam Ali al-Rida built in Qazvin by Tahmasp I, the second shah of Safavid Iran from 930 AH/1524 CE to 984 AH/1576 CE. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Manuscript text in German on the verso. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0050 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825569 BIB-ID: 2854680 Show less