Photograph album containing historical and architectural views of Mecca and Medina of particular interest to Muslim pilgrims from the Indian subcontinent, like for instance the al-Baqi' Cemetery and the Jannah al-Mu‘allā, but also the Masjid al-Haram, the Mount Abū Qubays, the Mount Arafat, th ...

The album collects photographs taken by Dr Ahmed Mabrouk of the Egyptian Agricultural Organization during his trip to Arabia in the early 1930s. Those photographs were used to illustrate his 1939 book A Journey to Arabia, whose title page is reproduced in a photocopy included in the album. Also, 1 p ...

Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople", titled and numbered (24) on the reverse in ink., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0276-0027, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26308794, BIB-ID: 2810541

Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople", titled and numbered (24) on the reverse in ink., Main Heritage Vault, HC.HP.2017.0276-0028, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26308800, BIB-ID: 2810543

Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople", titled and numbered (25) on the reverse in ink., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0276-0029, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26308812, BIB-ID: 2810544

Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople", titled and numbered (23) on the reverse in ink., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0276-0026, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26308770, BIB-ID: 2810540

Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Orange card mount, with printed "P. Sebah, Photographe. 439, Gde Rue de Pera, Constantinople", titled and numbered (29) on the reverse in ink., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0276-0025, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26308769, BIB-ID: 2810539

Plate from the book "Histoire pittoresque des voyages dans le cinq parties du monde" by Eugène Hatin, printed in Paris Chez Dutertre in 1844., Title from item, date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.GM.00010, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25297715, BIB-ID: 2707654

Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Written on the back of the card: "Arabs are very fond of coffee. [..] occasion had a drink of it but cannot say I care about the taste", Main Heritage Display General, HC.HP.2016.0089-0025, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i23705863, BIB-ID: 2525735

Title and date from item. Remaining part of the title: "Quartier West Bay et Doha, Palais de l'Emir, ambassades et résidences" (West Bay district in Doha, the Emir Palace, Embassies and Residences). Slides housed in a plastic sheet captioned by the author. Catalogue 1, sleeve 12. Transparencies 163 ...

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 ...