The map is based on a 19th century commercially produced British map of Arabia (likely circa 1870 or earlier). The slide has been altered by painting over the areas showing Africa, Iran, and the Levant. The area left shows Arabia and the British mandate in Iraq though it excludes British Mandatory P ...

The importance of the Maqām is stated in the Quran, Sura II, verse 125: "And when We made the House (at Makka) a resort for mankind and sanctuary, (saying): Take as your place of worship the place where Abraham stood (to pray). And We imposed a duty upon Abraham and Ishmael, (saying): Purify My hou ...

The photograph depicts a marketscene in Ottoman Turkey countryside; in the foreground two nonMuslim women. The photograph was possibly taken by Sébah & Joaillier or Abdullah Fréres studios., Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered 316., Main Heritage Compact General ...

Title from item. Date devised by Libary staff., Plate n. VI in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in Paris by Albert Levy., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0025-0006, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26815928, BIB-ID: 2854138

Title from item. Date devised by Libary staff., Plate n. XI in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in Paris by Albert Levy., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0025-0011, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i23866779, BIB-ID: 2537431

Title from item. Date devised by Libary staff., Plate n. V in Les monuments mauresques du Maroc by Joseph de La Nézière printed in 1922 in Paris by Albert Levy., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0025-0005, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2681593x, BIB-ID: 2854139

The mausoleum takes its name by Sitt Zumurrud Khatun, mother of the Abbassid Al-Nasir li-Din Allah . The tomb was built in 1199 and it is considered one the oldest of Baghdad., Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 152., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0052, 2-D Graphi ...

Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Display General, HC.HP.2017.0233-0009, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24512849, BIB-ID: 2558798

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". A reproduction of this photograph was used in the book "Le Maroc artistique" published in 1917 by L'Art et les artistes i ...

Photograph showing the Kabaa and the Kiswah., Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0233-0002, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2494449x, BIB-ID: 2668471

Miniatures depicting local people and working scenes, with motifs of different castes or trades. Paintings show typical tools and differences in costumes. Indian artists produced these series to show India in a comprehendible manner to the western eye, presenting local folk life in an aesthetic way. ...