Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Martapura (Indonesia)--Portraits
Full-length seated portrait of ten Muslim pilgrims from Martapura in Indonesia in the island of Borneo. They squat face forward, looking towards... Show moreFull-length seated portrait of ten Muslim pilgrims from Martapura in Indonesia in the island of Borneo. They squat face forward, looking towards the camera. The photograph was taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negatives had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate no. 29 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXIX) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0029 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26518910 BIB-ID: 2831687 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Indonesia--Portraits, Racially mixed children, Racially mixed children--Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
Full-length standing portrait showing five Muslim pilgrims from the island of Ambon, from the Kai Islands and from Banda in Indonesia. On the left,... Show moreFull-length standing portrait showing five Muslim pilgrims from the island of Ambon, from the Kai Islands and from Banda in Indonesia. On the left, a boy described as the son of a man from the island of Ambon and a woman from Mecca. The adults face forward, looking towards the camera, while the young man averts his eyes. The photograph was probably taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jeddah or Mecca between 1884 and 1885. The group is photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negatives had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate no. 30 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXIX) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0030 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26518922 BIB-ID: 2831688 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Maluku (Indonesia)--Portraits, Kings and rulers (Islamic law)--Sultanate, Kings and rulers (Islamic law)--Sultanate--Indonesia, Muslim religious leaders, Imams (Mosque officers), Imams (Mosque officers)--Indonesia
Full-length seated portrait of three Muslim pilgrims from the Sultanate of Bacan, in the Maluku Islands, in modern day Indonesia. They are... Show moreFull-length seated portrait of three Muslim pilgrims from the Sultanate of Bacan, in the Maluku Islands, in modern day Indonesia. They are described as the son of the sultan - Prince Nur, as per Snouck Hurgronje's notes in his papers held at the Leiden Library -, his uncle and an imam. The men face forward, looking towards the camera. The photograph was probably taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negative had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate no. 31 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXXI) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0031 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26518934 BIB-ID: 2831691 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Ternate (Indonesia)--Portraits
Full-length portrait of four Muslim pilgrims from the Sultanate of Ternate, an island of the Maluku Islands that is part of today Indonesia. The... Show moreFull-length portrait of four Muslim pilgrims from the Sultanate of Ternate, an island of the Maluku Islands that is part of today Indonesia. The men face forward, looking towards the camera. The two at center are seated, while the other two squat either side of their chairs. The photograph was probably taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negative had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate no. 32 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXXII) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0032 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26519021 BIB-ID: 2831696 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Palembang (Indonesia)--Portraits
Full-length seated portrait of four Muslim pilgrims from Palembang, the capital city of South Sumatra province in Indonesia. They squat face... Show moreFull-length seated portrait of four Muslim pilgrims from Palembang, the capital city of South Sumatra province in Indonesia. They squat face forward on the ground, looking towards the camera. The photograph was probably taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negative had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate no. 33 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXXIII) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0033 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26519045 BIB-ID: 2831697 Show less
Private collections, Private collections--Orientalism, Manners and customs, Manners and customs--Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--Pictorial works, Implements, utensils, etc, Pitchers, Vases
Lithographic print showing objects and utensils commonly used in Mecca, such as water pitchers, wooden boxes, cups and frames. The items are drawn... Show moreLithographic print showing objects and utensils commonly used in Mecca, such as water pitchers, wooden boxes, cups and frames. The items are drawn from the collection of Snouck Hugronje. Title and date from item. Plate 39 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXXIX). The image is printed onto a 2-pages folded sheet featuring two plates. Printed beneath image, in ink: in lower right corner: ‘ex. coll. auct.’ (ex collectione auctoris, [drawn] from the collection of the author) and in the lower left corner: ‘P.W.M. Trap exc.’ (Pieter Willem Marinus Trap excudit, Pieter Willem Marinus Trap engraved). The objects are itemized in the list of plates at the beginning of the volume. Each object is identified by a number, which refers to elements in this list, that is: 1., 2. Schèrbah's (hölzerne Wasserkrüge); 3., 4. Barrâdijjeh's (hölzerne Wasserkrüge); 5. Huqq (hölzerne Dose zur Aufbewahrung kleiner Gegenstände); 6. Kâs oder Kâsah (Trinkbecher); 7. Huqq hölzerne Dose); 8. Qaçabah (hölzernes Gestell zur Aufnahme eines Wassserkruges). A note mentions that more information on those objects can be found in the essay by Snouck Hurgronje titled "Ethnographisches aus Mekka", which was published in "Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie" (Vol. I, Leiden, 1888). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0039 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2651929x BIB-ID: 2831721 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Sambas (Indonesia)--Portraits, Patient representatives--Islamic law
Full-length portrait of four pilgrims from the Sultanate of Sambas, in modern day Indonesia, in the island of Borneo. Six of the men squat face... Show moreFull-length portrait of four pilgrims from the Sultanate of Sambas, in modern day Indonesia, in the island of Borneo. Six of the men squat face forward, looking towards the camera. The man standing behind them is described as the wakil (representative) of the sheikh. The photograph was taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negative had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate no. 28 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXVIII) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0028 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26518855 BIB-ID: 2831680 Show less
Lithographic print showing objects and utensils commonly used in Mecca, such as wooden vessels, boxes, pitchers and cups, saucers, brass bowls, but... Show moreLithographic print showing objects and utensils commonly used in Mecca, such as wooden vessels, boxes, pitchers and cups, saucers, brass bowls, but also waterpipes, prayer beads and silver-plated amulets in a chain. The items are drawn from the collection of Snouck Hugronje. Title and date from item. Plate 40 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XL). The image is printed onto a 2-pages folded sheet featuring two plates. Printed beneath image, in ink: in lower right corner: ‘ex. coll. auct.’ (ex collectione auctoris, [drawn] from the collection of the author) and in the lower left corner: ‘P.W.M. Trap exc.’ (Pieter Willem Marinus Trap excudit, Pieter Willem Marinus Trap engraved). The objects are itemized in the list of plates at the beginning of the volume. Each object is identified by a number, which refers to elements in this list, that is: 1. Schèrbah (hölzerner Wasserkrug); 2. Rub'î (hölzerner Wasserkrug); 3. Mèschrab (hölzener Becher mit Untersatz und Deckel); 4. Huqq (Dose mit Deckel); 5. Tâsah oder Mèschrab (hölzerne Trinkschale); 6. 7. Findjân und Zarf (höllzerne Kaffeetasse und becherförmige, dazu gehörende Untertasse); 8. Kâsah (kleiner Becher mit Deckel); 9. Mèschrab (messingene Trinkschüssel; in der Mitte eine Art Pfeiler, von dessen Rande einige messingene Amulete herabhängen); 10. Schîschah (Wasserpfeife); 11. Elf Amulete aus vergoldetem Silber: a. vier (buchförmige) Chatmah's zur Aufnahme von Qurânsprüchen usw.; b. zwei Heikal's; c. zwei Lôh's mit Sprüchen; d. zwei Halbmonde (Hilâl's) mit Sprüchen; e. ein Ischm, zur Aufnahme eines Edelsteines; 12. Subhah (Rosenkranz aus Perlmutter). A note mentions that more information on those objects can be found in the essay by Snouck Hurgronje titled "Ethnographisches aus Mekka", which was published in "Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie" (Vol. I, Leiden, 1888). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0040 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26519306 BIB-ID: 2831722 Show less
Government facilities, Government facilities--Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--Photographs
This image shows a view over the city of Mecca from an elevated position east of the Masjid al-Haram. The photograph is the left section of a four... Show moreThis image shows a view over the city of Mecca from an elevated position east of the Masjid al-Haram. The photograph is the left section of a four part panorama which includes Plates III, IV and V. The photograph was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1887. Title from caption list in original portfolio. Date from original item. Plate no. 2 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (II). Erased Arabic description and signature “Photography by al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar, doctor in Mecca” in the upper and lower part of the print. The print has manuscript annotations in Arabic beneath the image referring to locations indicated in a key below the image "مكة المكرمة. (١) الحميدية دائرة ال...، (٢) قلعة أجياد، (٣) المطبعة الأميرية". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.11014-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2654071x BIB-ID: 2832156 Show less
View over the city of Mecca showing the neighbourhoods of Suq al-Layl and Al Qushashiyah, probably taken from the Jabal Abu Qubays. Photograph is... Show moreView over the city of Mecca showing the neighbourhoods of Suq al-Layl and Al Qushashiyah, probably taken from the Jabal Abu Qubays. Photograph is the right section of a four part panorama which includes Plates II, III and IV. The photograph was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889. Title from caption list in original portfolio. Date from original item. Plate no. 5 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (V). Erased Arabic description and signature “Photography by al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar, doctor in Mecca” in the upper and lower part of the print. Manuscript annotation in Arabic under the print “مكة المكرمة”. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.11014-0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26540770 BIB-ID: 2832162 Show less
Anglo-Persian Oil Company., HistoryBritish Petroleum Company, Petroleum industry and trade--History, Petroleum industry and trade--History--Iran
The page features an advertisement published for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and British Petroleum. With an illustrated map of “Persia Ancient... Show moreThe page features an advertisement published for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and British Petroleum. With an illustrated map of “Persia Ancient and Modern”, described as “a pleasing map of Persia, setting forth her ancient history and her modern industry-with special note of the ANGLO PERSIAN OIL Company and its operations”. Under the map comes a text describing the activities of the oil companies in Persia, “gateway of the East and a cradle of civilization”, where “[…] railways and motor roads run where Alexander and his armies trod […]”. Title and date from item. Page xxiv. Map is signed "MANN". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0020.03-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26582296 BIB-ID: 2832915 Show less
The Société Photographique El Beder was better know as the Castania Frères photographic studio. It was active in Smyrne in the 1880s. Title and date... Show moreThe Société Photographique El Beder was better know as the Castania Frères photographic studio. It was active in Smyrne in the 1880s. Title and date devised by Library staff. On the recto of the mount "El Beder Phot."; on the verso "Société Photographique EL BEDER Orient = شركة فطوغرافيا البدر شمال" Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2017.0015-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2421758x BIB-ID: 2580696 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso of the mount "C. PORTIER PHOTOGRAPHE 9, Rue Napoléon, 9 ALGER VOUS & TYPES DE TOUTE L... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso of the mount "C. PORTIER PHOTOGRAPHE 9, Rue Napoléon, 9 ALGER VOUS & TYPES DE TOUTE L'ALGÉRIE Magasin de vente Rue Bab-el-Oued Ce Cliché est conservé" . Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2017.0015-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24217694 BIB-ID: 2580702 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso of the mount "C. PORTIER PHOTOGRAPHE 9, Rue Napoléon, 9 ALGER VOUS & TYPES DE TOUTE L... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso of the mount "C. PORTIER PHOTOGRAPHE 9, Rue Napoléon, 9 ALGER VOUS & TYPES DE TOUTE L'ALGÉRIE Magasin de vente Rue Bab-el-Oued Ce Cliché est conservé" . Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2017.0015-0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24217712 BIB-ID: 2580704 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. On the recto of the card "C. Portier"; on the verso "C. PORTIER PHOTOGRAPHE 9, Rue Napoléon, 9 ALGER... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. On the recto of the card "C. Portier"; on the verso "C. PORTIER PHOTOGRAPHE 9, Rue Napoléon, 9 ALGER VOUS & TYPES DE TOUTE L'ALGÉRIE Magasin de vente Rue Bab-el-Oued Ce Cliché est conservé" . Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2017.0015-0004 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24217761 BIB-ID: 2580708 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso of the mount "C. PORTIER PHOTOGRAPHE 9, Rue Napoléon, 9 ALGER VOUS & TYPES DE TOUTE L... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso of the mount "C. PORTIER PHOTOGRAPHE 9, Rue Napoléon, 9 ALGER VOUS & TYPES DE TOUTE L'ALGÉRIE Magasin de vente Rue Bab-el-Oued Ce Cliché est conservé" . Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0015-0005 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24217487 BIB-ID: 2580685 Show less
Cabinet studio portrait of a young mulatto woman. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The name and the address of the photographic... Show moreCabinet studio portrait of a young mulatto woman. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The name and the address of the photographic studio are indicated on the verso of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0015-0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24217505 BIB-ID: 2580693 Show less
Qatar. Wizārat al-Iʻlām. Idārat al-Maṭbūʻāt wa-al-Nashr., Pearl industry and trade, Pearl industry and trade--Qatar, History
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The slide is titled (Arabic and English) and numbered (44). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The slide is titled (Arabic and English) and numbered (44). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0372-0042 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26600043 BIB-ID: 2526986 Show less
Bisht is the traditional men’s cloak worn over the thobe, popular in the Arab world. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The slide is... Show moreBisht is the traditional men’s cloak worn over the thobe, popular in the Arab world. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The slide is titled (Arabic and English) and numbered (46). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0372-0044 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26600067 BIB-ID: 2527011 Show less
Graham, Tim , 1948- (photographer.), Corbis/Sygma (Firm), Falconry, Falconry--Qatar--Photographs, History
صيد الطيور بواسطة الصقور. -- صيد الطيور قطر / ٥٢٧. -- Qatar-November 14/15 1986 Prince Charles and Lady Diana on their visit to Qatar 222697 /... Show moreصيد الطيور بواسطة الصقور. -- صيد الطيور قطر / ٥٢٧. -- Qatar-November 14/15 1986 Prince Charles and Lady Diana on their visit to Qatar 222697 / Copyright by T. Graham - Sygma. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Slides originally housed in plastic sleeve Slides have manuscript titles and are numbered on the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0372-0056 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26608959 BIB-ID: 2834654 Show less