The photograph, taken from the sea, actually shows the Beit al Ajaib (House of Wonders), built in 1883 and restored after the Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896. The house was primarily the Sultan's residence and was the first building in Zanzibar to have electricity, as well as the first building in East A ...

Title and date from the item., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2018.0264-0018, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25597413, BIB-ID: 2719579

Photographs showing a richly ornamented interior scene in the bridal chamber and a bridegroom sitting on the throne. The photographs were taken by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889., Title from caption list in portfolio. Date from i ...

Photographs showing a richly ornamented interior scene in the bridal chamber and a bridegroom sitting on the throne. The photographs were taken by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889., Title from caption list in original portfolio. Da ...

Photograph showing the tents of pilgrims during the Hajj around the tomb of "Sittana" (Our Lady) Maymunah, one of the wives of the Prophet Muḥammad, on the outskirts of Mecca.The photograph was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1 ...

Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (7070,523) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0018-0009, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26350646, BIB-ID: 2813663

Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (9646, 81) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0018-0012, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26350853, BIB-ID: 2813676

Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (9693 and 439) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0018-0003, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26350361, BIB-ID: 2813646

Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (4862, 7) and titled in Cyrillic in the negative., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0018-0008, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26350622, BIB-ID: 2813662

Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (6499, 445) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0018-0011, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26350828, BIB-ID: 2813674

Photograph depicting the Palace of Shaki Khans, today inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The palace is located in Shaki, Azerbaijan, but the city was known as Nukha (Nuxa) until 1968., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (9745 and 71) and titled on the ...