Arabic Collection (page 10)

Barcelona - Gateway to Labyrinth Gardens
The entrance to the former palace of the Desvalls at the Horta Labyrinth Park/Gardens (Parque del laberinto de Horta ) at Barcelona, Spain

East of Suez by Webster Murray
An exotic scene showing British tourists examining fabrics in a bazaar somewhere in the Middle East

Al-Azhar University and Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 975. The chief centre of Arabic literature and Sunni Islamic learning in the world and the worlds second oldest surviving degree granting university

School Lesson in the desert
Taking a school lesson in the desert. A magnificent photograph

Egyptian Dragoman
A Dragoman - a multilingual Interpreter, translator and official guide between Arabic and Persian countries and consulates / vice-consulates of European / Christian powers

Source of Tigris
The river Tigris (Shatt Dijla in Arabic) has its source in a lake in Kurdistan, whence it flows into Iraq to join the Euphrates, passing through Mosul and Baghdad

Luxor Hotel / Egypt / C. 1970
The front of the Luxor Hotel with Arabic arches and palmtrees

Morocco Ceuta
General panorama of the harbour, known in Arabic as Sebta

Costume / Women / Turkish
A Turkish lady, well concealed in her voluminous white and cream costume with only her eyes visible; there is a mosque in the background

Toilet / Perfume Flasks
Old perfume flasks and pomanders

16th Century Koran
A fine manuscript page on handmade paper from the Ottoman Koran, finely scripted and embellished in gold leaf. Blue and gold roundels mark the name of ALLAH

16th Century Koran Page
A fine manuscript page on handmade paper from the Ottoman Koran, finely scripted and embellished in gold leaf. Reverse of page

Racial / Turkish Lady 17C
A Turkish lady, well concealed in her voluminous white and cream costume with only her eyes visible; there is a mosque in the background

Koran Manuscript
THE KORAN First sudra, second page of manuscript

Edward William Lane, traveller and archaeologist
Edward William Lane, Victorian traveller and archaeologist, seen here in eastern costume after his second visit to Egypt

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