Arabic Collection (page 9)

Detail from Guvenc Abdal Tomb in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in
Decorative detail from the tomb of Guvenc Abdal in Haji Bektash Tomb Museum in Nevsehir Turkey. Date: 2012

Detail from the door of Haji Bektash Veli Museum
Detail from the tomb of Haji Bektash Veli in Nevsehir Turkey Date: 2012

Deatil from Haji Bektash Veli Museums door in Nevsehir Turk
The detail from the entrance of Haji Bektash Velis Tomb from the Meydan of the Forty (Kirklar Meydani). Date: 2012

Turkish merchants, Constantinople, Turkey
Turkish merchants at the entrance to a shop in Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey. Date: early 20th century

European Gentleman in India learning Arabic
An European Gentleman with his Moonshee, or Native Professor of Languages. (plate 1 of 20) Date: 1813

School of carpet making, Algiers
Children employed at Madame Delfaus school of carpet making at 84 Boulevard Valee, Algiers, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 20th century

Burgos, Spain - Arco de San Esteban
Arco de San Esteban (Saint Stephens arch) at Burgos, Spain. Date: circa 1910

Aleppo - Syria - Carving above the entrance
Aleppo - Syria - Beautiful carving of serpents and arabic script above the second gate of the Citadel. Date: circa 1908

Blue Mosque at Tabriz, Iran
The massive ruined gateway entrance to the Blue Mosque at Tabriz, Iran Date: circa 1910s

Arabian Tableware and dining scene. Date: 1904

French Exhibition of 1900 - the pavilions of French colonies abroad and the Champ de Mars - Paris. The lower level of the Eiffel Tower can be seen in the mdle distance Date: 1900

Interior of the Ulu Mosque, Bursa, Turkey. Date: circa 1950s

Ottoman Tombstone - Fatih Mosque, Istanbul Date: circa 1930

Three ladies in outfits by Molyneux and Martial et Armand
Three fashionable ladies in the latest winter outfits. On the left, a beige velvet cape with honeycomb pattern, by Molyneux

French submarine Turquoise renamed, Turkey, WW1
The French submarine Turquoise, captured by Ottoman forces, renamed Mustacip Onbasi and commissioned for operations in the Black Sea during the First World War. Date: late 1915

French WW1 poster, African Army and Colonial Troops
French World War One poster depicting the African Army and Colonial Troops taking part in a day of battle. With Arabic writing in the top right corner. 1917

Writing engraved on wall in Marrakech, Morocco

Muscat, Oman - Two Arab Chieftains Date: circa 1910s

Cairo - The Arabic Law School Date: circa 1910s

European man in a white suit, Middle East
A European man in a dazzling white suit with rather short trousers and white shoes poses in front of a handwritten sign in arabic writing, in a street somewhere in the Middle East

European couple with dog and car, Middle East
A middle aged European couple with their dog, and a car packed with suitcases, in the desert somewhere in the Middle East. There is arabic writing on the cars bonnet

Arabic Souvenir seller, Aswan, Egypt
Arabic seller of cheap souvenirs, Aswan, Egypt. Photograph by Lionel Coates

French troops practising using a mortar in Algeria
French troops practising firing a mortar in Algeria

Water Seller - Libya
A water seller providing a drink to a seated lad outside a Mosque - Libya

Example of Ottoman-era script
Good example of script using Arabic letter shapes, possibly Ottoman/Egyptian

Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Old Mosque
The front of an old Mosque in Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Photograph of a John Walker Clock
Photograph of a clock by John Walker of South Molton Street, London, with roman and arabic numerals around the dial and a circular wooden frame

Cairo - Egypt - Bustling street scene

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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