Arabic Collection (page 5)

Syria. Aleppo. Turkish bath or Haman. Detail. Entrance

Syria. Margat (Marqab). Castle Qalaat al-Marqab (Castle of the Watchtower). Crusader fortrees and one of the major strongholds of the Knights Hospitaller. Built 1062. Basalt

Syria. Qal at Ja bar castle on the left bank of Lake Assad. Near Ar-Raqqah. Bastion. Near East. Photo before the Syrian civil war

Syria. Aleppo. Exterior of mosque

Syria. Palmyra. Ruins of Qala at ibn Maan castle on top of mountain. 17th century. Oais of Tadmor. Photo before the Syrian civil war

Turkey. Bursa. Yesil Mosque. Ottoman style. 15th century. En
Turkey. Bursa. Yesil Mosque or Mosque of Mehmed I. Ottoman style. Architect, Hac ?vaz Pasha, 15th century. Entrance with moc?rabe half-dome

Turkey. Istanbul. Rustem Pasha Mosque. Designed by Mimar Sinan. Ottoman style. Decorated tiles. 16th century

Turkey. Istanbul. New Mosque. 17th century. Ottoman style. Decorated tiles

Arabic peninsula. Pre-Islam. Head of a man. 1st century BC-2nd century AD. Cast bronze. H. 40 cm. Qaryat al-Faw. Department of Archaeology Museum, King Saud University, Riyadh. Saudi Arabia

Arabic peninsula. Male statue. Limestone. Tarut. National Mu
Arabic peninsula. Male statue. With typical Mesopotamian features Mid-3rd millenium BC. (Early Dynastic II ?). Limestone. H. 94 cm. Tarut. National Museum, Riyadh. Saudi Arabian

Arabic peninsula. Anthropomorphe Stele. IV millennum BC. Al
Ancient art. Arabic peninsula. Anthropomorphe Stele. IV millennum BC. 92x21cm. Al-Ma Akir / Qaryat al-Kaafa, Hail. National Museum, Riyadh. Saudi Arabian

King Abdulaziz Quran. Early 20th century. Riyadh. Saudi Arab
King Abdulaziz Quran. Early 20th century. Paper. 26.5 x 19 x 5 cm. King Abdulaziz Foundation for research and Archives, Riyadh. Saudi Arabia

Islamic art. Tombstone of Yusuf. 2 june 1199 AD. Basalt. al
Islamic art. Tombstone of Yusuf, son of Abdallah, son of Yusuf, son of Abu l-Fath. 5 sha ban 595 AH/ 2 june 1199 AD. Basalt. 76x42x20 cm. al-Ma la cementery, Mecca. Qasr Khizam Museum, Jedda

Islamic art. Tombstone of Muhammad. Signed: Ibrahim wrote. L
Islamic art. Tombstone of Muhammad, son of al- Abbas, son of Muhammad, son of Utba, son of al-Hasan, son of al-Hasan. Signed: Ibrahim wrote. Late 9th-early 10th century. Basalt. 75x31x33 cm

Islamic art. Tombstone of Shaykh Afif Allah. 1365-6 AD. Bas
Islamic art. Tombstone of Shaykh Afif Allah, son of Abdallah, son of Ali, son of Sulayman son of Arafa, al-Makki. 767H, /1365-6 AD. Basalt. 50x57x22 cm. National Museum, Riyadh. Saudi Arabia

Tombstone of Abd al- Aziz. 2 november 1440 AD. al-Ma la cem
Tombstone of Abd al- Aziz, son of Yusuf, son of Abd al- Aziz al-Sultani. 6 jumada Ii 844 AH/2 november 1440 AD. Basalt; 94x38x10 cm. al-Ma la cementery, Mecca. Qasr Khizam Museum, Jedda

Quran. Kufic script. Archaeological Museum of Lahore. Pakistan

Arabic calligraphy. Detail disk. Decoration. Muradiye Mosque
Arabic calligraphy. Detail disk.. Muradiye Mosque. Bursa. Turkey

Mausoleum of Saladin (1138-1193). Built in 1196. Entrance. U
Saladin (11381193). First Sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Umayyad Mosque. Mausoleum of Saladin. Built in 1196. Entrance. Ayyudib, Ottoman. Damascus. Syria

Kufic scripture. Detail. Marble
Marble plaque with kufic scripture. 10th-11th centuries. Detail. Fatimid Period, Egypt. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Italy. Cremona. Minaret
Italy. Cremona. View of a minaret of a private home at the old city from the Torrazzo, the bell tower of the Cremona Cathedral. Lombardy

Spain. Catalonia. Balaguer. Fragment of plasterwork from Sudd
Spain. Catalonia. Balaguer. Islamic Art. Fragment of plasterwork from Sudda or governors residence. Built by governor Yusuf al-Muzaffares (1045-1082). Relief of Harpy, mithology bird-woman

Syria. Damascus. Azm Palace. Facade
Syria. Damascus. Azm Palace (Beit Al-Azem). Facade. It was originally built in 1750 as a residence for the Ottoman governor of Damascus As ad Pasha al-Azm

Azem Palace. Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Arab Republic. Damascus. Azem Palace. 1750. House of Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions. Courtyard

Arab army. Nineteenth-century colored engraving

Italy. Venice. The Clocktower with astronomical clock. 15th century. St. Marks square

Quran. Manuscript written by the scribe Hamail Sharif. Dated between 7th and 13th centuries. Archaeological Museum. Lahore. Pakistan

Apamea. Cardo Maximus. Syria
Apamea or Apameia (Afamia). Colonnade in the Cardo Maximus. Syria

Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada. Pointed arch windo
Gothic art. Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada. Pointed arch window decorated with Arabic influence, located near the entrance to the cloister. La Rioja. Spain

The Alhambra. 14th Century. Mexuar. Granada. Andalusia. Spai
The Alhambra. 14th Century. Nasrid period. Mexuar. Initiated by Abu-LWalid Isma il and rebuilt by Yusuf I and Mohammad V, between 1333 and 1391. Granada. Andalusia. Spain

Llull, Ramon (1233-1315 or 1316). Majorcan writer and philosopher. Inventiva Veritatis. Engraving of the martyrdom of Ramon Llull in Tunisia. Printed in Valencia in 1515 by D. of Gumiel

Thomas Erpenius
THOMAS ERPENIUS Dutch scholar of Arabic languages Date: 1584 - 1624

Thomas Chenery, Editor
THOMAS CHENERY Eton-and-Cambridge educated lawyer, professor of Arabic, helped produce Revised Bible, Editor of The Times. Date: 1826 - 1884

Sadi / Saadi / Asiatique
MOSHARREF OD-DIN IBN MOSLEH OD-DIN SADI or SaDI Persian poet Date: ?1213 - 1292

The Way of an Eagle by Ethel M Dell
Promotional postcard for The Way of an Eagle adapted by Ethel M. Dell from her novel, first published 1912, of the same name. First produced Adelphi Theatre, 20th June 1922. Artist: E. P. Kinsella

Window display, Nehesco Fabrics. circa 1930s

Generalife. SPAIN. Granada. Alhambra. Generalife. Patio de la Acequia (The Court of the Main Canal). Detail of plasterwork. Hispano-Moresque art. Nasrid dynasty. Architecture

Dish with representation of a deer. 1425. Traditional pottery with arabic influence. Mudejar art. Ceramics. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: SPAIN

Andrea Buonaioto. Averroes
AVERROES (1126-1198). Spanish Arab philosopher, physician and astronomer from the Almohade period. Oil

Archway in a large stone wall
Hand coloured. Photograph of an archway in a large stone wall with an Arabic inscription on the top of the arch. There are people walking around it, some wearing burqas and holding umbrellas

Portal, Dome of the Chain, Jerusalem
Portal in the outer court of the Dome of the Chain, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

Arab town at Dusseldorf Exposition, Germany
Arab town with mosque at Dusseldorf Exposition, Germany. Date: 1902

Flags of UK, Egypt, Australia, Italy, France, Belgium - WWI
Printed Cotton. Souvenir of Egypt. Flags of UK, Egypt, Australia, Italy, France and Belgium. God Save The King printed in English and Arabic. Portraits of the Allied Leaders

Cigarette box with Bedfordshire Regiment badge, WW1
Cigarette box carved with the badge of the Bedfordshire Regiment, probably 5th Battalion/161st Brigade/54th East Anglian Division. With Arabic script translated as Imprisonment memories, dated 12.24

Shriners at Long Beach, California, USA. The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, commonly known as Shriners (abbreviated aONMS), is a fraternity linked to Freemasonry

Ion Keith Falconer
ION GRANT NEVILLE KEITH FALCONER Arabic scholar and translator, missionary who died near Aden aged only 31. Date: 1856 - 1887

A Church Interior (1868). Haghe, Louis 1806 - 1885. Date: 1868

Egyptian Fantasy card - State Telegram and Al-Azhar Mosque
Egyptian Fantasy card - featuring an Egyptian State Telegram and an inset photograph of the Al-Azhar University and Mosque, Cairo, Egypt (founded in 975) all on a faux papyrus background

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