Photographic views of Itchan Kala, the inner town of the old Khiva oasis. Visible monuments are the Kalta Minor minaret (1;2), the minaret of the... Show morePhotographic views of Itchan Kala, the inner town of the old Khiva oasis. Visible monuments are the Kalta Minor minaret (1;2), the minaret of the Juma Mosque (2;13;14), the Pahlavan Darvaza and the Islam-Khodja Complex (15;16); the Alla-Quli Khan Madrasa (6-10) and the carved wooden pillars of the Tash-Khovli Palace (17-18). Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2019.0028 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25639948 BIB-ID: 2712469 Show less
Most of the photographs are pictures of books and albums plates, newspapers clippings and artworks. Shown in the images are the Gezirah Palace, the... Show moreMost of the photographs are pictures of books and albums plates, newspapers clippings and artworks. Shown in the images are the Gezirah Palace, the Great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Muhammad Ali of Egypt (r. 1805-1848), Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (r. 1848), a plate illustrating Ibrahim's camp at Jaffa in 1832, Abbas I of Egypt (r. 1848-1854), Ibrahim Ilhami Pasha (d. 1860) and Abbas II of Egypt (r. 1892-1914). Finally, the Khedive of Egypt's Training and Breeding Stables at Koubbeh. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The album also includes 4 plates, 2 newspaper cuttings, and 2 photocopies. Also, 3 pieces of correspondence between Mrs. Forbis and Mary Evans by Longman. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.FOR.0217 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i22136484 BIB-ID: 2368082 Show less
Muḥammad ʻAlī Bāshā , 1769-1849, Manial Palace, Arabian horse--Breeding, Arabian horse--Breeding--Egypt--Photographs, Horse farms, Horse farms--Egypt, Palaces
Most of the photographs are pictures of an album related to Prince Muhammad Ali of Egypt (r. 1805-1848) Manial Palace. The album was part of the... Show moreMost of the photographs are pictures of an album related to Prince Muhammad Ali of Egypt (r. 1805-1848) Manial Palace. The album was part of the collection of Dr. Branch's and photographs were probably taken by Carl Raswan. Dr. Branch was a Scottish Veterinarian, contemporary of Lady Anne Blunt (1837-1917), who was running the Royal Agricultural Society; created In 1908 by the government of Egypt, the institution was intended to preserve the Egyptian Arabian horse. Carl Raswan, instead, was one of the greatest scholars of Arabian bloodlines. He authored numerous books on Arabian horses and the Bedouin people who raised them, but he is especially renowned for Raswan Index, an extensive compilation of Arabian horse pedigree and strain information. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The album also includes a 3-pages typescript note related to Muhammad Ali's horses and 9-pages article by Carl Raswan titled Feysul's Mare, the Jallabiyah, published in the January-February 1945 issue of the Western Horseman (available online http://www.geocities.ws/Heartland/Ranch/5385/TheJallabiyahPartIWHJF45.html). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.FOR.0204 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i22136356 BIB-ID: 2368069 Show less
Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia), Masjid al-Ḥarām, Pilgrims and prilgrimages, Muslim, Pilgrims and prilgrimages, Muslim--Certificates
Title and date devised by library staff. Above the illustration of the Masjid al-Ḥarām, a hadith. Under the illustration, 5 views of various... Show moreTitle and date devised by library staff. Above the illustration of the Masjid al-Ḥarām, a hadith. Under the illustration, 5 views of various stages and places of the pilgrimage. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2018.0017 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25189803 BIB-ID: 2623716 Show less
Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia), Masjid al-Ḥarām, Pilgrims and prilgrimages, Muslim, Pilgrims and prilgrimages, Muslim--Certificates
Title and date devised by library staff. Above the illustration of the Masjid al-Ḥarām, a hadith. Under the illustration, 4 views of various... Show moreTitle and date devised by library staff. Above the illustration of the Masjid al-Ḥarām, a hadith. Under the illustration, 4 views of various stages and places of the pilgrimage and the records of the pilgrim. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2018.0018 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25189827 BIB-ID: 2623713 Show less
شريط كتابيّ كُتب فيه على بلاط خزفيّ، الآية 29 من سورة الأعراف، بخط الثُلُث الجلي، مسبوقةً بالبسملة ومتبوعةً بصدق الله العظيم، في ثلاث خراطيش أو... Show moreشريط كتابيّ كُتب فيه على بلاط خزفيّ، الآية 29 من سورة الأعراف، بخط الثُلُث الجلي، مسبوقةً بالبسملة ومتبوعةً بصدق الله العظيم، في ثلاث خراطيش أو وحدات فنية مزخرفة. والعمل قطعة فنية من عمل الأستاذ هاشم الخطاط، صاحب المدرسة الفنية المميزة في تاريخ الخط العربي المعاصر. وإلى جانب توقيع الخطاط كُتب توقيع الصانع المـُنَفِّذ: عراق النقاش. وهذا العمل ربما كان معدًا لتنفيذه كإفْرِيْز أو طِراز بأحد مساجد العراق، التي نفذ منها هاشم نماذج مجوَّدة سواء كتابات مساجد جديدة مثل جامع الأورفلي، وجامع الحاج محمود البنية وهو من أواخر أعماله. أو مساجد أثرية مـُجدَّدة مثل جامع عبد القادر الجيلاني، ومسجد عثمان أفندي، وجامع الحيدر خانة الذي وظَّفَ فيه الخط المـُحَقَّق. Main Heritage Display General HC.3D.2019.0002 3-D Object Item-ID: i25861591 BIB-ID: 2751116 Show less
The album contains a miscellaneous group of photographs and portraits of a Turkish family in the Forties. With the advent of portable cameras,... Show moreThe album contains a miscellaneous group of photographs and portraits of a Turkish family in the Forties. With the advent of portable cameras, photography became accessible for middle-class amateurs and everyday life and intimacy entered the world of photography. The new media emerged as a unique tool for preserving not only Heritage but also personal memories: it is the era of vernacular photography. Date from item, title devised by Library staff. Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2017.0170 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24482894 BIB-ID: 2558815 Show less