Cumbas Collection

Aleppo, Syria - al-Safahiyeh Mosque and Street scene. It is unclear whether this wonderful structure is still standing... Date: circa 1920s

Istanbul, Turkey, Ottoman Empire - Entrance to Ayasofya
Istanbul, Turkey, Ottoman Empire - One of the entrances to the Ayasofya. Date: circa 1905

Thessaloniki, Greece - Rue Sabri Pacha. Date: 1901

Bulaq, Egypt - Old Houses with Jumbas
Bulaq (Boulaq, Boulaque, Boulac), now a district of Cairo, Egypt. A street scne with wonderful multi-level houses with jumbas. Date: circa 1905

Street in Mecca, Saudi Arabia Date: circa 1920s

Yemen - Hodeidah - Architectural Styles
Interesting Islamic architecture in evidence in the houses of Hodeidah (Hodeida), Yemen, with Ottoman Empire-influenced cumbas

Magnificent Wooden villas - banks of the Boshorus, Istanbul
A very fine real photographic postcard of a set of Magnificent Wooden waterfront and a ferry Station jetty villas - banks of the Boshorus, Istanbul - exact location (as yet) unknown (Yenikoy?)

Damascus, Syria - Street in the Arab Quarter Date: circa 1910s

Lima - Peru - Palacio Torre Tagle Date: circa 1930s

Istanbul, Turkey - The Old Quarter
Istanbul - The Old Quarter (Eski Mahalle). Date: circa 1910s

Turkey, Ankara - Backstreet view
Turkey, Ankara - Narrow backstreet view with cumbas

A street in Buyukdere, Istanbul, Turkey. Old traditional Ottoman houses at the end of the Sultunate. The upper rooms overhanging the street are called Cumbas

Metelin, Greece
Metelin, Lesbos, Greece - The Street of the Mosque - after the Island was handed back to Greece from Turkey

Constantinople - Street scene with cumbas
Street scene in Istanbul with cumbas

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