The photograph portrays the man with a hookah, in front of a backdrop recreating a kind of idyllic rural scene., Title from item, date devised by Libray staff. The photograph is captioned and numbered (626) in the negative., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0053-0069, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: ...

The photograph portrays a sāīs (سايس). This traditional term refers to those handymen workers who were originally responsible for the care of horses and donkeys but that were also employed as guards and messengers. The French word coureur means in fact runner. The man photographed in a typical ...